When Altoona, Pennsylvania police officer Tyler Frye got the call on Dec. 9, 2024 that the suspect in a brazen New York City killing was at the local McDonalds, he had been with the department for less than a year and was out getting a lesson in making traffic stops.

Responding to the call with fellow officer Joseph Detwiler, the rookie cop soon found himself at the end of a national manhunt that had been seared into the headlines for the past five days: UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson had been gunned down in Midtown Manhattan on the morning of Dec. 4, 2024 outside of a hotel and Luigi Mangione was the prime suspect, and in the wind.

After Frye and Detwiler arrived at the restaurant and spotted a person wearing a face mask, a beanie pulled low and multiple layers of clothing, it didn

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