Cop describes recognizing Luigi Mangione when he pulled down mask at McDonald's

One of the Pennsylvania constabulary officers who arrested accused assassin Luigi Mangione astatine a McDonald's successful Altoona past twelvemonth took the witnesser basal successful his grounds suppression proceeding Tuesday morning, testifying astir the infinitesimal helium realized the suspicious idiosyncratic eating meal successful a country mightiness beryllium a suspected killer.

Altoona Police Officer Joseph Detwiler testified that portion connected his mode to responding to the call, helium didn't expect to really find the suspected assassin. But erstwhile helium arrived, helium said that arsenic soon arsenic Mangione pulled down his look disguise helium believed helium was looking astatine a wanted man.

Detwiler said helium ne'er asked Mangione if helium had murdered UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. He testified that helium asked for Mangione's name, for his ID, if helium had been to New York recently, wherever helium was from and if helium was from Altoona. 

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Luigi Mangione appears successful Manhattan Criminal Court for an grounds hearing, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025, successful New York. (Michael M. Santiago/Pool Photo via AP)

He said helium ne'er said Mangione was nether arrest, prevented Mangione from leaving, and ne'er mentioned the shooting successful New York City.

He said helium grew suspicious and moved Mangione's container distant from him, fearing determination mightiness beryllium a limb inside.

Later, constabulary alleged they recovered the suspected execution limb successful the bag.

Mangione is accused of shooting Thompson from down extracurricular a Manhattan edifice past year.

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This 2017 record photograph of Brian Thompson was released via Businesswire erstwhile helium was named main enforcement serviceman of UnitedHealthcare Unit successful 2017. (Businesswire)

Police grabbed journals and different penning from Mangione's backpack. They besides took his fake New Jersey ID, nether the sanction "Mark Rosario," and recovered the alleged execution limb and a 3D-printed silencer.

Mangione's defence has argued that the hunt of his belongings without a warrant was unlawful and truthful the grounds should beryllium suppressed. Prosecutors countered that constabulary were doing their occupation wrong the bounds of the instrumentality and that the hunt was justified without requiring a warrant.

The defence besides wants immoderate of Mangione's statements suppressed.

Luigi Mangione was sitting successful a McDonald's successful Altoona, Pennsylvania, erstwhile constabulary arrived to cheque connected a tipster's study aft idiosyncratic recognized him from a wanted poster. (Southern District of New York)

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First helium allegedly gave constabulary a fake sanction — the 1 that appears connected his alleged fake ID from New Jersey, which constabulary accidental helium utilized to cheque into the Manhattan hostel days earlier Thompson’s assassination.

He also, portion successful custody, allegedly blurted retired thing astir having a 3D-printed gun. The Pennsylvania jailhouse defender who heard that connection testified that the accused assassin brought it up connected his own.