Fingerprints, shell casings linked Luigi Mangione to the crime scene, police said | Crime News

New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch says crime lab analysis shows a match to the gun, snack wrapper and water bottle.

Fingerprints and shell casings are linking suspected killer Luigi Mangione to the scene of the slaying of UnitedHealthcare executive Brian Thompson, New York City’s police commissioner said.

Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch told the media on Wednesday that the handgun allegedly found in Mangione’s possession matched the three shell casings found at the scene.

Mangione’s fingerprints were also found on a water bottle and a Kind bar wrapper was found nearby, Tisch said.

Mangione, 26, was arrested Monday at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania, after an employee contacted police.

Police say Mangione, who comes from a well-known family in Maryland, was found with a so-called ghost gun, fake IDs and a handwritten letter discussing possible motives.

The University of Pennsylvania graduate is currently being held without bail in western Pennsylvania as he fights efforts to extradite him to New York to face murder, firearms and forgery charges.

Mangione’s lawyer, Thomas Dickey, told US media that he has “not yet seen the evidence” implicating his client in the murder case.

“I don’t want people to jump into these prejudgment things because nobody wants that if they’re accused, or someone they love is accused,” Dickey told Chris Cuomo on his NewsNation show on Tuesday.

Thompson, 50, was shot and killed outside the New York Hilton Midtown hotel on December 4 on his way to his company’s annual investor conference.

Thompson’s killing sent shockwaves through corporate America, prompting discussions about whether executives need greater security protections.

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