Luigi Mangione, the lead suspect in the slaying of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, was arrested improperly according to his Pennsylvania attorney. The attorney argues that police failed to follow protocol during the arrest, questioning and searching Mangione without reading him his Miranda rights, making any evidence uncovered inadmissible in court. The arrest took place at a McDonald’s restaurant in Altoona, Pennsylvania, following a days-long manhunt for the suspect in Thompson’s murder in Manhattan in December. Police found a gun in Mangione’s backpack that was linked to shell casings at the scene of the murder.
The court filings from Pennsylvania reveal new details about how police approached and detained Mangione. They formed a human law enforcement wall around him at the restaurant, effectively detaining him without reading him his rights or explaining the reasons for his detention. Police found a handgun, a suspected 3D-printed silencer, a manifesto, cash, foreign currency, a Polaroid camera, and a bus ticket in Mangione’s backpack during the search.
Mangione faces charges in multiple jurisdictions, including forgery, carrying an unlicensed firearm, and presenting a false ID in Pennsylvania, first-degree murder, and murder as an act of terrorism in New York, and federal charges of murder, use of a firearm silencer, and interstate stalking that could result in the death penalty if he is found guilty. His attorney is working to suppress the evidence found during his arrest, arguing that it was obtained improperly.
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