"Luigi Mangione, the Ivy League graduate charged with executing the head of America's largest health care company on a Midtown sidewalk, is back in Manhattan court today for an evidence hearing that could make or break his state case. Photos by Steven Hirsch for the NY Post A police officer who last year took Luigi Mangione into custody in Pennsylvania was on the stand in Manhattan on Tuesday to recount the collaring an at-large suspect in the brazen killing of a health insurance executive and explain bodycam footage recorded during the arrest."
"Altoona, Pennsylvania police officer Joseph Detwiler was on the stand in Manhattan Supreme Court during the second day in a marathon hearing for Mangione to review key pieces of evidence that may be used against him at trial. Mangione faces murder and illegal weapons charges for allegedly gunning down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on West 52nd Street in Midtown Manhattan on Dec. 4, 2024. Five days after the shooting, Detwiler got a radio call from local 911 dispatch that patrons at the McDonald's in Altoona think that the suspect in Thompson's killing is there having breakfast. At the time, he was skeptical that he would encounter the suspect in a case that was grabbing national headlines so much so that he did not activate the lights on his patrol car when he approached the McDonalds."
"I did not think that it was going to be the person that they said it was, Detwiler recalled. Detwiler said that around that time, a fellow officer texted him: If you get the NYC shooter, I will buy you a hoagie from a local restaurant,' which drew laughs from the courtroom gallery. Nonetheless, Detwiler said that he had seen the video of Thompson's assassination many, many times in the news and that he was disturbed by what he saw. It appeared that he was lying in wait, Detwiler said of the video of the shooting, which occurred outside the New York Midtown Hilton."
Luigi Mangione is charged with gunning down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on West 52nd Street in Midtown Manhattan on Dec. 4, 2024, and faces murder and illegal weapons charges. A Manhattan Supreme Court hearing is reviewing evidence and bodycam footage that may be used at trial. Altoona, Pennsylvania police officer Joseph Detwiler testified about arresting Mangione five days after the shooting following a McDonald's tip and recounted not activating patrol lights because he was skeptical. Detwiler said he had watched the assassination video many times and that it appeared the shooter was lying in wait outside the Midtown Hilton.
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