The NYPD commissioner now saying that the gun found on
Luigi Mangione matches shell casings found at the scene where
United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson was murdered.
The 26 year old suspect is being held right now
in a Pennsylvania jail cell fighting extradition to New York.
Investigators collecting clues for a possible motive, looking at Mangione's
writings and fingerprints found on items near the shooting scene
in Manhattan.
Our Phil Lipof joins us now with all the latest
details.
All right, what do we know about the gun, Phil?
Well, we know that the NYPD was able to get
it back from Pennsylvania to the crime lab here in
New York.
And this is a big piece of evidence, Akira.
Up until now, the evidence that have been piling up
the video, the items that were found on Mangione in
Pennsylvania when he was found at that McDonald's were largely
circumstantial up until today.
Now they have matched fingerprints on a bottle and a
phone found near the crime scene to Mangione's fingerprints.
And just within in the last half hour or so,
we got word from the New York Police commissioner that
the gun that was taken from Mangione when he was
found in that McDonald's has been flown back here to
New York and matched to the three shell casings that
they found at the murder scene.
So we mentioned that Mangione is fighting extradition to New
York.
What are the next steps in the legal process here?
The next step will be an extradition hearing.
And from speaking to legal experts, the bar and an
extradition hearing is relatively low.
You have to prove that this is the person you're
looking for and you have probable cause to bring him
back.
Now, I I spoke to ABC contributor Brian Buchmeier and
and he said to me, when you have evidence like
this, fingerprint evidence and a gun matching shell casings at
a crime scene with the bar being so low, it
appears he will be brought back here to New York.
We don't know that yet.
Next step is a hearing.
All right, we'll track it.
Phil, thank you so much.