Photos Show USB, Bus Ticket and Pocketknife Found on Accused Killer Luigi Mangione — Federal Prosecutors Seek Death Penalty

Prosecutors Release Evidence Photos From Mangione Arrest

New York prosecutors on Saturday released a series of evidence photographs showing items found on Luigi Mangione when he was taken into custody in connection with the assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

The exhibits include a USB drive on a chain that Mangione was wearing, a bus ticket to Pittsburgh, a handwritten Best Buy shopping list and a separate to‑do list, and a pocketknife paired with zip ties. Additional images document clothing he carried or wore at the time of arrest: green and black jackets, a beanie, a scarf, black pants, black gloves, long underwear, sneakers and a medical face mask.

Arrest and Charges

Mangione was arrested on Dec. 9, 2024, in Altoona, Pennsylvania, after employees and customers at a McDonald’s called 911 to report a suspicious man who resembled the NYPD "person of interest" in Thompson’s killing. Federal prosecutors have filed notice that they intend to seek the death penalty in the case.

Ongoing Legal Dispute Over Evidence

At a multi‑day suppression hearing last week, Mangione’s defense moved to suppress items seized from his backpack and to exclude statements he allegedly made both at the McDonald’s and later to jail staff. The defense argues those statements and the warrantless search violated Mangione’s Fourth and Fifth Amendment rights.

Prosecutors counter that the post‑arrest, warrantless search of the backpack was routine and lawful. They say the only relevant un‑Mirandized statement was an alleged false name Mangione gave after presenting a phony ID.

911 Call Released

"I'm a manager at Plank Road McDonald's out here on the boulevard. . . I have a customer here that some other customers were suspicious of, that he looks like the CEO shooter from New York," an employee tells the dispatcher on the five‑minute recording released by the Manhattan District Attorney's Office.

The dispatcher told the manager that an officer was on the way and asked staff to remain on site and keep an eye on the individual.

Reporting note: Prosecutors played the 911 recording at the suppression hearing; the Manhattan DA released the audio publicly. Fox News Digital reporters contributed to the original coverage.