Luigi Mangione Arrest Footage Unsealed After CNN Petition
Manhattan judge unseals arrest footage of Luigi Mangione, who faces murder charges in the death of Seth Thompson.
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Manhattan judge unsealed footage of Luigi Mangione’s arrest on Friday after CNN petitioned for its release. Parts of the video had previously been shown during a suppression hearing in December 2024 but were not made public until now. The recording captures the moment Mangione, then 26, was detained at a McDonald’s in Altoona, nearly 300 miles from the scene of the assassination.
Arrest at McDonald’s
Employees had called about a suspicious customer, leading officers to arrive at the restaurant. They found a man in a ski hat, surgical mask, and winter coat eating a hash brown while Christmas music played. Officers told him they were responding to a call about a suspicious person and asked for identification. He handed over a New Jersey license in the name of Mark Rosario, the same name prosecutors say the shooter used at a New York hostel.
When officers pressed whether Rosario was his real name, Mangione hesitated and finally admitted it was not. He then revealed his real name, Luigi. When asked why he lied, he said, “I clearly shouldn’t have,” then spelled his name. Officers patted him down, read him his rights, and cuffed him in the restaurant.
WATCH: Luigi Mangione’s entire December 2024 arrest via bodycam.
Items Found During Search
A search of the black backpack turned up a gun magazine wrapped in underwear. Officers later searched Mangione more thoroughly at the station and found a 9mm handgun tied to the shooting, a silencer, another magazine, and a handwritten journal. Prosecutors claim the notes showed an intent to “wack” a health-insurance executive.
One officer, ticking off the inventory on the phone, said Mangione had “a checklist for today” and that “tomorrow he’s supposed to do an intel check-in and get a survival kit.”
Newly released bodycam footage shows police arresting and searching Luigi Mangione at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania , on December 9, 2024.
Legal Proceedings and Charges
Mangione pleaded guilty in August to federal stalking charges and faces sentencing in December. His state trial has been postponed while a judge rules on his motion to dismiss the murder case. The New York Post reports that the case remains under review.
“IT’S F—–G HIM, DUDE.”
Thompson, 50, was killed on the morning of December 4, 2024, as he walked toward his company’s investor conference in Midtown. Mangione was picked up on December 9 at a McDonald’s in Altoona, nearly 300 miles from the scene of the assassination.
Source: The Gateway Pundit
