Overview
- Court documents include body‑worn camera images showing Mangione at a McDonald's in Altoona, pulling down a mask as officers approach before he is handcuffed.
- Prosecutors say customers recognized him five days after the Manhattan shooting, leading to his arrest and the seizure of his backpack.
- Filings state officers recovered a 9mm handgun, ammunition inscribed with “delay, deny, and depose,” and a journal with writings critical of the health insurance industry.
- Defense lawyers seek to suppress the arrest evidence and challenge pre‑Miranda questioning, while also arguing public comments by President Donald Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi have prejudiced the case and the death‑penalty decision.
- Prosecutors argue the backpack search was a safety measure during a multiday manhunt, say the items would have been found in an inventory, limit planned use of pre‑Miranda statements to an alleged false name, and note politically linked posts were removed and came from officials outside the prosecution team.