"Among the police evidence displayed at a Manhattan Supreme Court suppression hearing in the Maryland man's state murder case was a bus ticket bearing the name Sam Dawson, traveling from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh with an ETA before midnight, hours after Thompson was killed on Dec. 4, 2024. The ticket was discovered on Mangione, along with a Philadelphia train pass bought earlier in the day, by officers from the Altoona, Pa., police department when they arrested him five days after Thompson's shooting."
"The Maryland man's lawyers have been in court all week seeking to convince state Supreme Court Justice Gregory Carro that items recovered before cops got a search warrant, including the alleged murder weapon and a manifesto, and statements he made before he'd been informed of his rights should be off limits to prosecutors when they try the case before a jury next year."
"One of the officers who responded to the tip from a McDonald's manager, who said a customer had recognized Mangione, on Thursday testified that he attempted small talk with the suspected shooter for some 13 minutes as his colleagues ran a background check on a Garden State driver's license Mangione had produced under the name Mark Rosario. What brings you up here from New Jersey? Police Officer Tyler Frye was heard asking Mangione on the footage."
Luigi Mangione appeared in a Manhattan courtroom one year after UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was fatally shot on a Midtown sidewalk. Police evidence included a bus ticket bearing the name Sam Dawson and a train pass found on Mangione when Altoona officers arrested him five days after the shooting at a fast-food restaurant. Lawyers argued that items recovered before a search warrant—an alleged murder weapon, a manifesto—and statements made before Miranda warnings should be excluded from trial. State police released footage showing Mangione at a McDonald’s; an officer testified he spoke with Mangione briefly while colleagues ran a background check on a license Mangione gave as Mark Rosario.
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