NYC prosecutors release new evidence photos in Luigi Mangione case

The images were filed late Saturday as part of the ongoing legal fight over what evidence will be admissible at trial, reports Fox News.

The materials include photos of a USB drive on a chain found around Mangione’s neck, a bus ticket to Pittsburgh, a handwritten “to-do” list that mentioned Best Buy, and a pocketknife accompanied by zip ties.

Prosecutors also shared images of the clothing Mangione was wearing or carrying: black and green jackets, gloves, pants, long underwear, a scarf, beanie, sneakers, and a medical mask.

Mangione was arrested on December 9, 2024, after employees and customers at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania, called 911 to report a man matching the NYPD’s “person of interest” image released in the Thompson homicide. The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office also made public the recording of that 911 call last week.

During that call, the restaurant manager told the dispatcher, “I have a customer here, that some other customers were suspicious of, that he looks like the CEO shooter from New York.” The dispatcher instructed her to watch him until police arrived, adding, “If he leaves, just give us a call back and let us know, OK?”

Mangione’s attorneys appeared in court last week seeking to suppress evidence recovered from his backpack as well as statements he allegedly made both during the McDonald’s encounter and later to jail staff. The defense argued that officers violated his Fifth Amendment rights by continuing to question him after he invoked his right to remain silent, and that the search of his bag was a warrantless intrusion that violated the Fourth Amendment.

Prosecutors countered that officers acted lawfully and that the search followed standard procedures. They also said the only pre-Miranda statement at issue was Mangione allegedly providing a false name and ID to police.

The suppression hearing stretched over several days and is expected to determine what evidence will ultimately reach a jury.