Luigi Mangione’s eyebrows ‘only thing’ McDonald’s manager noticed before calling 911

Luigi Mangione’s bushy eyebrows were “the only thing’’ that customers and workers at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s could see over his face mask — but they were apparently enough, it surfaced in court Monday.

Eagle-eyed patrons at the Altoona fast-food joint recognized Mangione’s eyebrows as those of a suspected killer wanted in New York City — and urged the McDonald’s manager to call the cops, according to audio of the 911 call played in Manhattan Supreme Court.

Luigi Mangione’s eyebrows caught the attention of McDonald’s workers and patrons before he was arrested. Pennsylvania State Police

A manager of the McDonald’s location then dialed 911, telling the operator that he looked like the “CEO shooter from New York.” Southern District of New York

A courtroom sketch of Mangione watching the video of his arrest at McDonald’s during his hearing on Dec. 1, 2025. via REUTERS

“It’s not really an emergency, but I have a customer here that some other customers were suspicious of, that he looks like the CEO shooter from New York,’’ the manager told the operator around 9:15 a.m. Dec. 9, 2024.

The staffer told the emergency worker that the suspicious man was wearing a black sweater jacket with a medical mask on and a tan beanie pulled down — with only his eyebrows peeking out.

“The only thing you can see is his eyebrows,” said the manager, whose name was not released.

“He’s by the back of our lobby by the bathroom,” the worker said on the call, which was played as part of a pre-trial evidence hearing.

Mangione appears in court Monday. Steven Hirsch for the NY Post

A sketch of Mangione at his hearing while the video of Brian Thompson getting shot on a Manhattan sidewalk last year is played. via REUTERS

“I don’t know what to do here, guys,” she added.

Two police officers arrived minutes later and began speaking to the man, who was later identified as the now 27-year-old Mangione, video played in court Monday showed.

The footage shows the suspect taking at least two bites of his food as he interacted with the officers. Minutes after that, more officers arrived, and the man was placed under arrest.

The hearing, which began Monday morning, will probe Mangione’s claim that his rights were breached when police searched his backpack and questioned him before getting a warrant.

Mangione faces up to life in prison on state charges of executing UnitedHealthCare CEO Brian Thompson outside the healthcare giant’s annual investor conference.