Luigi Mangione, the subject of a furious five-day manhunt, calmly wiped down a table at a McDonald¡¯s in Altoona, Pennsylvania, and ate breakfast just before he was detained by local police. Police left the side entrance to the restaurant open, allowing customers to walk by as the murder suspect was being questioned.
A video of Mangione¡¯s time at the McDonald¡¯s a year ago was shown in a New York court Monday as his lawyers sought to have evidence that was seized from his backpack at the fast-food chain tossed, including a handgun and a diary that prosecutors say showed he planned to kill a healthcare executive. In the hearing, which is scheduled to last several days, Mangione¡¯s lawyers argued that the police violated his legal rights by searching the backpack without a warrant and questioned him for 20 minutes before reading him his constitutional rights.
The 27-year-old is accused of shooting and killing UnitedHealth Group executive Brian Thompson outside a Manhattan hotel one year ago this week. The result of the hearing could impact the strength of the murder case and shape what evidence prosecutors will be allowed to introduce at trial.
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