Overview
- Officer Christy Wasser testified that bodycam video shows a loaded gun magazine wrapped in wet underwear pulled from Luigi Mangione’s backpack minutes after his arrest at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania.
- Police later found a 9mm pistol and a suppressor during further searches of the backpack at the station, as well as a red notebook with writings critical of health insurers; prosecutors say the gun matches the weapon used in the Manhattan killing.
- Manhattan prosecutors released new exhibit photos over the weekend, including a handwritten to-do list referencing Best Buy and a survival kit, a USB necklace, a pocketknife with zip ties, a Greyhound ticket under an alias, clothing, and bundles of $100 bills.
- Defense lawyers argue officers searched the backpack without a warrant and questioned Mangione before Miranda warnings, while prosecutors say safety and inventory procedures justified the search and that a judge later approved a warrant.
- Blair County First Assistant DA Nichole Smith testified about the forgery arrest, search warrants, and transfer of evidence to New York, as the judge cautioned prosecutors about prejudicial language and a federal hearing on the same evidence is set for Jan. 9.