"Luigi Mangione appears in Manhattan Supreme Court for a suppression of evidence hearing in the killing of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson on Dec. 4, 2025. Photo by Curtis Means for Daily Mail/Pool On Luigi Mangione's sixth day in court for evidentiary proceedings, defense attorneys sharpened their legal attacks against submission of a handgun and other items found in a warrantless search of their client's backpack by local police in Pennsylvania."
"Altoona police conducted an initial search of Mangione's bag at the restaurant, in which they found an ammunition magazine and a red notebook that prosecutors are calling a manifesto, a characterization that defense attorneys deny. In a subsequent search of the backpack at Altoona police headquarters, officers found a handgun and a silencer. On Thursday, attorneys grilled Altoona police Lt. William Hanelly, the ranking police officer at the scene of Mangione's arrest."
Luigi Mangione faced multiday evidentiary proceedings in Manhattan Supreme Court over evidence seized after his Dec. 9, 2024 arrest in Altoona, Pennsylvania, following the Dec. 4, 2025 killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Police searched Mangione's backpack at a McDonald's and later at Altoona police headquarters, recovering an ammunition magazine, a red notebook prosecutors call a manifesto, a handgun, and a silencer. Defense attorneys argue the backpack was improperly searched and seek suppression of those items. Altoona police Lt. William Hanelly testified the searches were incident to arrest and contended no warrant was required under the Fourth Amendment.
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