Newly released body-camera footage captures the moment Luigi Mangione was questioned inside a Pennsylvania McDonald’s and searched after UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was killed in Manhattan.
In one clip, officers ask Mangione to pull down the face mask he was using to conceal his identity.
“That’s 100 percent him,” one officer says excitedly after stepping outside so Mangione cannot hear.
“I told you, man,” another officer replies off camera.
Later, an officer searches Mangione’s belongings and breaks into a broad smile after removing a gun cartridge—an apparent confirmation that police had found their suspect.
The collection of videos was recorded during Mangione’s December 9, 2024, arrest in Altoona, Pennsylvania, five days after Thompson, a 50-year-old Minnesota executive, was shot while walking to a Midtown Manhattan hotel for UnitedHealthcare’s annual investor conference.
A Manhattan judge unsealed the footage on Friday following a petition from CNN.
Portions of the recordings were previously played at a December court hearing, where Mangione’s lawyers unsuccessfully argued that key evidence—including his initial statements to police and items taken during his arrest—should be excluded.
Luigi Mangione, 28, pleaded guilty to federal stalking charges in August and faces life in prison when he is sentenced in December
New body-camera footage shows police searching Mangione in Pennsylvania
Mangione pleaded guilty to federal stalking charges in August and could receive a life sentence at his December sentencing.
He also faces murder charges in New York state court. Those proceedings have been delayed indefinitely while his attorneys seek to have the case dismissed.
The footage released Friday begins as officers converge on the McDonald’s in central Pennsylvania, nearly 300 miles from Manhattan.
Mangione, an Ivy League graduate and heir to a wealthy Maryland family, is shown sitting at a table in a ski hat, surgical mask and winter coat. Officers tell him they are investigating a report of a suspicious person before asking for his name and identification.
“You’re a little nervous right now. Why are you nervous?” one officer asks.
Police order Mangione to place his hands on his head and question him about whether he had recently been in New York. They then confront him over a fraudulent New Jersey driver’s license issued in the name Mark Rosario.
“You’re under official police investigation right now,” one officer warns. “You give a false name to us again, you’re gonna be arrested for false ID.”
After Mangione eventually disclosed his real identity, officers asked why he had lied.
Mangione was later shown handcuffed inside a police station
“That’s 100 percent him,” an officer said after police located Mangione inside the McDonald’s
“I clearly shouldn’t have,” he replies while being instructed to write and spell his real name aloud.
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Additional footage shows officers patting Mangione down, reading him his rights, placing him in handcuffs and transporting him to a police station.
While one officer conducted a more detailed search at the station, another examined Mangione’s backpack.
Inside, police found the 9mm handgun authorities later said was used in Thompson’s killing, along with a silencer and a second ammunition magazine.
They also recovered a journal that prosecutors later said contained evidence of Mangione’s intent to “whack” a health insurance executive, as well as additional handwritten notes.
“He has a checklist for today,” an officer tells someone by phone while listing the seized items. “Tomorrow he’s supposed to do an intel check-in and get a survival kit.”
In August, Mangione, 28, explained why he said he killed the healthcare executive.
He claimed that “severe” back pain had driven him to pose as an investor managing more than $50 billion before shooting Thompson.
The footage also shows Mangione’s arrest at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s after he presented a fake ID
Mangione told a court in August that he killed Brian Thompson after years of severe back pain
“I shot Mr Thompson in Manhattan and he died,” Mangione testified in August
Speaking in Manhattan Federal Court, Mangione described how he planned to target Thompson.
He told the court: “After years of enduring severe pain from a broken back, navigating the obstacles of the health insurance system and witnessing similar experiences of countless others, I learned that UnitedHealthcare would hold its annual investor conference in New York City on December 4, 2024, although the exact location had not been made public.
“I then searched for the event online. I learned that the annual conference of America’s largest health care organization, whose stated mission is to make—excuse me—with the stated mission to make the health system work better for everyone, would be attended by company executives, board members and hundreds of investors—not doctors, nurses or patients.”
Mangione also told the court how he obtained Thompson’s location and acquired the weapon used in the killing.
He said: “In November 2024, I traveled from outside New York State to Manhattan. I then emailed UnitedHealthcare’s leadership while posing as an investor at a firm managing more than $50 billion in assets and asked for information about the conference.
“Unlike my previous interactions with insurers, I received a response within an hour. Before traveling to New York, I used a 3D printer to make part of a gun and equipped it with a silencer and magazine. My trip to New York and my email to UnitedHealthcare were undertaken with the intent to shoot Brian Thompson.”
Mangione concluded: “On the morning of December 4, 2024, I shot Mr Thompson in Manhattan and he died. When I did so, I understood that my actions would place him in fear of death or serious bodily injury. I knew what I was doing was illegal.”
The federal stalking charges to which Mangione pleaded guilty carry a maximum sentence of life in prison.
His sentencing hearing is scheduled for December 18.
The Daily Mail contacted Mangione’s attorney for comment.
