NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch holds a 3D-printed gun that police allegedly recovered from murder suspect Luigi Mangione outside the New York City Hilton where UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot in the back last week. He said he compared the findings with the shell casings that were found.
“First, we recovered the gun in question from Pennsylvania,” she told reporters at a press conference Wednesday. “It is currently in the NYPD crime lab. We were able to match the gun to three shell casings found at the midtown murder scene.”
His fingerprints can also be seen on snack bar wrappers and water bottles.
“Our crime lab was also able to match the person of interest's fingerprints to those found on both a water bottle and a KIND bar near the murder scene in Midtown,” she added.
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CEO murder suspect Luigi Mangione screams while being restrained by police as he arrives for his extradition hearing in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday, December 10, 2024. (David Dee Delgado, Fox News Digital)
Tisch and NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenney previously told Fox News that while examining fingerprints and DNA evidence, they discovered a burner phone and other physical evidence linked to the suspect.
Altoona police took Mangione's fingerprints after he was arrested in Pennsylvania on Monday on false identification and firearms charges, said former New York City Police Department Lt. Paul Mauro. It may have been uploaded to the database.
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Surveillance footage released by the NYPD shows a suspect wanted in the shooting death of UnitedHealth CEO Brian Thompson in midtown Manhattan on Wednesday, December 4, 2024. (New York City Police Department)
From there, New York investigators were able to quickly match them to samples recovered in the Big Apple after the murder.
Altoona police said they found a 3D-printed black pistol and a black suppressor when they arrested Mangione.
“The pistol had a metal slide and a plastic handle with a metal threaded barrel,” according to court documents. “The pistol was loaded with one Glock magazine containing six rounds of 9mm full metal jacket bullets.”
New York City police previously announced that they recovered both a spent shell casing and an unexploded bullet outside the Hilton Hotel where Thompson was killed on Wednesday, December 4th. Authorities said the words “denial” and “defense” were written on the shell casings. and “abandon”.
These words are similar to the title of a book criticizing the medical industry: “Delay, Deny, Defend: Why Insurance Companies Don't Pay Claims and What You Can Do About It.” Although Mangione had an active Goodreads account, that particular document was not on his reading list.
But investigators said they were looking into whether the denied claims were involved in the killing.
Mangione is being held without bail in a Pennsylvania prison, awaiting extradition to New York to face murder and other charges.
His lawyer said in court Tuesday that he intends to fight extradition, which could delay his transfer to New York custody by days or weeks.
This undated photo provided by UnitedHealth Group shows UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. (AP Photo/United Health Group)
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He also faces firearms charges in Pennsylvania, where police say he had a 3D-printed ghost gun, the same fake ID he used to check into a New York hostel, and $10,000 in cash. They announced that they had found him.
Local prosecutors said they intend to move forward with the case, but that the more serious out-of-state murder charge will take precedence.
