By Daniel Lo Surdo
Publication Date: 2025-12-01 19:46:00
Luigi Mangione showed no emotion in court as prosecutors played surveillance videos showing the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on a sidewalk in New York last year and Mangione’s arrest five days later at a McDonald’s in Pennsylvania.
The videos, including footage from the restaurant previously unseen by the press or public, marked the start of the hearing in Mangione’s fight to prevent evidence from his state murder trial, including weapons prosecutors matching those used in the Dec. 4, 2024, attack. Thompson was killed while walking to a Manhattan hotel for his company’s annual investor conference.
Luigi Mangione (center) appears in court overnight for an evidentiary hearing in New York.Credit: AP
Mangione, 27, pressed a finger to his lips and a thumb to his chin as he watched footage of two police officers approaching him while he ate breakfast at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania, about 230 miles (370 kilometers) west of Manhattan.
He held a pen in his right hand,…