(NewsNation) — A gun found with Luigi Mangione when he was arrested in Pennsylvania matches shell casings located at the place in New York City where UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was fatally shot last week, the New York Police Department says.
Fingerprints from a water bottle and protein bar wrapper found near the area in Midtown Manhattan match 26-year-old Mangione as well, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said.
Mangione faces second-degree murder charges in the death of Thompson, 50, who was killed just before 7 a.m. Dec. 4 in front of a Hilton Hotel, where he was walking to UnitedHealth Group’s annual investor meeting.
Luigi Mangione located
NYPD officers searched for the shooting suspect in New York and Georgia until they arrested Mangione in Altoona, Pennsylvania.
With Mangione was a mask, firearm, suppressor and fake New Jersey ID that connected him to the shooting, the NYPD said.
Officials still have not released a motive. However, the words “deny,” “depose,” and “defend” were written on the shell casings — which many have assumed is a reference to a book about the ways insurance companies reject requests for medical coverage deemed necessary by doctors.
A written document police say Mangione had states that he “apologizes for any strife or traumas, but it had to be done” as “these parasites had it coming.” Along with the document, Mangione also had what is alleged to be a “to-do” list before the killing.
Luigi Mangione fighting extradition
Mangione is currently at the State Correctional Institution Huntingdon in Pennsylvania, but the state is pursuing a governor’s warrant to transfer him to New York. The legal representation for Mangione is trying to fight this.
While being escorted into a Pennsylvania courthouse Tuesday after his arrest, Mangione shouted to reporters gathered outside.
“It’s completely an injustice and an insult to the American people,” he said.
During a hearing, Judge David Consiglio denied bail to Mangione.
Thomas Dickey, Mangione’s lawyer, told NewsNation’s Chris Cuomo that he believes his client will plead not guilty.
“We’ve seen no evidence. We’ve seen nothing,” Dickey said on “CUOMO” Tuesday. “I don’t want people to jump to these prejudgment things because nobody would ever want that if they were accused, or one of their loved ones were accused.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.