Since the Monday morning arrest of Luigi Mangione, there have been many unanswered questions, new developments, and lots of speculation.
Baylee Wojcik walks us through a timeline of what we know about the situation since Mangione’s arrest.
Before he was arrested at the McDonald’s on East Plank Road in Altoona on Monday, Luigi Mangione traveled to the area on a Greyhound Bus and walked into the Horseshoe Curve Lodge looking for a room, according to ABC News who spoke with the desk clerk who greeted him.
The clerk explained that the hotel did not have a clean room at that hour, and Mangione left.
“He basically just walked in kind of cagey, just looking around, making sure he wasn’t being watched, asked if he could get a room here.”
At around 9:15 that morning, Mangione was spotted at the McDonalds, where an employee called the Altoona Police after a customer recognized Mangione from crime scene images.
“And like I said, I ended up leaving. I came back later when I heard, you know, I thought, oh my God. And I said to the worker, was I, I said, was I here? She said, yeah, you guys were actually, almost making a joke of it, whenever he was in the McDonald’s”
Investigators say after providing two officers, including rookie cop Tyler Frye, with a fake id, Mangione was arrested on forgery charges. From there, Mangione was transported to the Altoona Police Department.
New York Police Department and FBI officials soon traveled to the area.
“Some of these detectives haven’t been home since Tuesday when this had to happen. They’ve been working this case tirelessly around the clock. And when they got that phone call, immediately they jumped in their car, did a police car and raced down here to go see if this was the individual that they were looking for. That’s dedication.”
Aside from the fake id, a 3d printed ghost gun and silencer were also found on Mangione’s person. He was then charged with two felonies and three misdemeanors in Pennsylvania. He attended a preliminary arraignment hearing for those charges Monday Night, where his bail was denied.
He was then taken to SCI Huntingdon. Later that night, the city of New York filed second degree murder charges against Mangione. Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro also visited Altoona on Monday and spoke alongside NYPD and Altoona officers.
“I have no tolerance, nor should anyone, for one man using an illegal ghost gun to murder someone because he thinks his opinion matters most. In a civil society, we are all less safe when ideologues engage in vigilante justice.”
By Tuesday Afternoon, it was revealed that Altoona Attorney Thomas Dickey would be representing Mangione in court. Mangione was seen screaming at the media on his way into the Blair County Courthouse for his extradition hearing that day. Dickey represented Mangione at that hearing, where Mangione’s transfer to New York was contested and his bail was denied.
“Contesting it, you know, just provides more hoops for law enforcement and prosecutors to jump through. We’re happy to do that.”
At a press conference that evening, Dickey explained that he was hired, not appointed, but would not say who hired him. Dickey also revealed that Mangione had plead not guilty to the charges out of Pennsylvania.
Dickey also said Tuesday Night that he expects Mangione to plead not guilty to murder charges out of New York, citing a lack of evidence pointing him toward the crime.
“This is not just a small thing, the fundamental concept of American justice is the presumption of innocent and until you’re proving guilty, be on reasonable doubt.
And I’ve seen zero evidence at this point.”