The 27-year-old Ivy League alumnus is accused of stalking Thompson, a 50-year-old father of two, before allegedly shooting him from behind outside a Manhattan hotel.<\/p>\n
Thompson, who lived in Minnesota<\/a>, was expected to attend a shareholder conference later that morning.<\/p>\n LUIGI MANGIONE ARGUES DOUBLE JEOPARDY IN BID TO DROP MURDER CASE, SUPPRESS EVIDENCE<\/a><\/p>\n Luigi Mangione appears in Manhattan Criminal Court, Monday, Dec. 1, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo\/Yuki Iwamura, Pool)<\/p>\n Mangione’s lawyers are asking the court to suppress evidence collected during his arrest at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s<\/a> five days after the murder. The evidence includes physical evidence from a backpack, including the suspected murder weapon and his journals, as well as statements he made to police before they read him a Miranda warning.<\/p>\n The first witness was NYPD Sgt. Chris McLaughlin<\/a>, a member of the Deputy Commissioner for Public Information\u2019s office, which is responsible for communications between police and the media.\u00a0<\/p>\n Prosecutors asked McLaughlin about a series of surveillance photos and videos taken in the leadup to the shooting and its immediate aftermath, including the image of a then-unidentified person of interest smiling at a woman at a Manhattan hostel, which led to Mangione\u2019s arrest when witnesses saw him in Altoona and called police.\u00a0<\/p>\n WATCH: Luigi Mangione defense fights to toss key evidence in UnitedHealthcare CEO murder case<\/p>\n LUIGI MANGIONE PROSECUTORS FIRE BACK ON \u2018EAVESDROPPING\u2019 CLAIM<\/a><\/p>\n The next witness is Bernad Pyles, who works at ADI Global Distribution, a security camera company.<\/p>\n The hearings are expected to run for several days, with a break on Wednesday.<\/p>\n Luigi Mangione allegedly killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. (AP Photo\/UnitedHealth Group via AP)<\/p>\n There are three different types of suppression hearings \u2014 Mapp, Huntley and Mosley.\u00a0Two of them are expected this week: a Mapp hearing, to determine whether certain types of physical evidence should be suppressed or thrown out,\u00a0and a Huntley hearing, to determine if a confession or other statements to law enforcement are admissible.\u00a0<\/p>\n The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office<\/a> has not yet finalized its trial strategy, and a Mosley hearing, which determines if non-eyewitnesses can testify at trial, is not expected yet.<\/p>\n Luigi Mangione appears in Manhattan Criminal Court, Monday, Dec. 1, 2025, in New York. (Yuki Iwamura, Pool via AP)<\/p>\n Mangione faces a slew of charges in New York<\/a>, Pennsylvania and federally.<\/p>\n A screenshot from surveillance footage released by the NYPD shows a person of interest, later identified as Luigi Mangione, in connection with the shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Midtown Manhattan on Dec. 4, 2024. (NYPD Crime Stoppers\u00a0)<\/p>\n State-level terror charges were thrown out earlier this year, but Mangione still faces second-degree murder<\/a>, seven counts of criminal possession of a weapon, and possession of a forged ID in New York.<\/p>\n![\"Luigi](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/luigi-mangione-in-court-on-1201.png\")
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