Pennsylvania police officers who arrested Luigi Mangione last year and searched his possessions based on the possibility that his backpack contained a bomb – and allegedly found a gun and ammunition inside, according to court testimony on Monday.

On the fourth day of an evidentiary hearing for the case against Mangione, charged with gunning down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on a Manhattan street, Altoona, Pennsylvania police officer Christy Wasser testified that she was one of the cops who searched Mangione’s backpack on Dec. 9, 2024 after officers responded to a 911 call to a McDonald’s.

In bodycam footage shown to a Manhattan courtroom, Wasser is seen donning rubber gloves before removing the contents of Mangione’s backpack, which also included a silencer and a notebook that pro

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