Bodycam footage shows Luigi Mangione’s arrest at Pennsylvania McDonald’s

Newly unsealed police body camera footage shows officers identifying and arresting Luigi Mangione at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s, ending a five-day search following the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan in 2024.

The recordings, made on Dec. 9, 2024, in Altoona, show officers questioning Mangione as he ate breakfast. Police had responded to a 911 call reporting that a man believed to be the shooting suspect was eating at a McDonald’s, CBS News reported.

In one video, officers ask Mangione to lower his face mask. They step outside, away from him. “That’s 100% him,” one officer says. “I told you, man,” another replies, according to The Guardian.

Officers also question Mangione about a fake driver’s license bearing the name “Mark Rosario,” CBS News reported. Mangione later gives his name and tells officers he “shouldn’t have” lied about his identity, the footage shows. Officers place him in handcuffs.

The recordings show a search of Mangione’s belongings. In footage described by The Guardian, an officer smiles as she pulls out a gun cartridge. CBS News reported that investigators recovered a firearm from Mangione’s backpack that prosecutors later linked to the crime scene. The footage also shows officers taking Mangione to the police station, where authorities conducted a strip search, CBS News reported.

Thompson, a 50-year-old Minnesota executive, was shot as he walked to a Midtown Manhattan hotel for his company’s annual investor conference, according to The Guardian.

A Manhattan judge unsealed the videos on Friday after CNN petitioned for their release, The Guardian reported. Portions had been played at a December 2025 hearing where Mangione’s lawyers sought to exclude statements he made to police and evidence seized during his arrest. They argued that the search of his backpack violated his rights. CBS News reported that a state judge ultimately allowed most of the evidence obtained during the search to be used at trial.

Richard Shorenstein, a legal expert cited by CBS News, said the officers in the footage did not appear concerned about safety, despite prosecutors’ argument that the backpack search at McDonald’s was necessary for safety reasons.

Mangione pleaded guilty in August to federal stalking charges, according to The Guardian. CBS News identified the charges as interstate stalking resulting in death and stalking through use of interstate facilities resulting in death. He is scheduled to be sentenced in December and faces life in prison, The Guardian reported.

He also faces charges in New York state court. CBS News listed second-degree murder, weapons and forgery charges and reported that a first-degree murder charge was dismissed last year. The Guardian reported that the state proceedings have been postponed indefinitely and that Mangione’s lawyers are seeking to have the case thrown out. CBS News said a decision on whether the state case will move forward is still pending.