Overview
- Prosecutors released a bodycam excerpt showing Altoona officers asking Mangione to lower his mask as he gave the name “Mark Rosario” and handed over a New Jersey ID bearing the alias.
- Testimony described a backpack search that yielded a loaded magazine wrapped in underwear, a 9mm handgun prosecutors say matches the murder weapon, a silencer, and notes with instructions such as “pluck eyebrows” and “Keep momentum, FBI slower overnight.”
- The defense seeks to suppress the backpack contents and any pre‑Miranda statements as unconstitutional, while prosecutors argue the search followed a lawful arrest and say a warrant was later obtained.
- Bodycam audio captured officers debating whether a warrant was needed; Officer Stephen Fox testified he read Miranda rights but acknowledged omitting the usual follow‑up question asking if Mangione wished to speak.
- The judge has not ruled on admissibility, the suppression hearing resumes Thursday in Manhattan, and the outcome could influence both the state case and a parallel federal prosecution in which the death penalty is being pursued.