Police body-camera videos released Friday show officers locating and arresting Luigi Mangione at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania, in connection with the Manhattan shooting death of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, according to reporting adapted from the Associated Press. A Manhattan judge unsealed the recordings after a CNN petition.
Inside the McDonald’s
Officers approached a masked man and asked him to lower his face covering. “That’s 100% him,” one officer said privately outside earshot, per the footage. Police said they were responding to a call about a suspicious person and asked for identification.
According to the videos, Mangione produced a New Jersey driver’s license bearing the name Mark Rosario. “You’re under official police investigation right now,” an officer warned on camera. “You give a false name to us again, you’re gonna be arrested for false ID.” When pressed, he identified himself as Luigi Mangione, adding, “I clearly shouldn’t have.”
What police say they seized
Footage shows officers patting Mangione down, reading him his rights, handcuffing him, and transporting him to a station. There, an officer going through his backpack found a 9mm handgun, a silencer, and another ammunition magazine, according to the videos. Authorities later confirmed the 9mm was used in Thompson’s killing, the Associated Press reported.
Investigators also recovered a journal and other handwritten notes. Prosecutors later said the journal revealed an intent to “wack” a health insurance executive. One officer, cataloging items by phone, said, “He has a checklist for today… Tomorrow he’s supposed to do an intel check-in and get a survival kit,” according to the footage.
Case status
Mangione was arrested Dec. 9, 2024, in Altoona—nearly 300 miles from Manhattan—five days after Thompson, 50, was shot while walking to a midtown hotel for his company’s investor conference, according to the AP account. Parts of the videos were shown in a December court hearing where Mangione’s lawyers unsuccessfully moved to suppress evidence, including his initial statements and items seized at arrest.
Mangione pleaded guilty in August to federal stalking charges and faces life in prison when he is sentenced in December, per the AP report. He also faces murder charges in New York state court; those proceedings have been postponed indefinitely as his lawyers seek dismissal.
