US dispatch, day 4: third officer testifies finding gun in Luigi Mangione's backpack, judge defends evidence sealing from press

Editor’s note: This is Day 4 of JURIST’s coverage of Mangione’s suppression hearings. Read Day 1 , Day 2 , and Day 3 .

On Day 4 of suppression hearings in the New York state case against Luigi Mangione, Altoona Police Officer Christy Wasser testified that she discovered a pistol, loaded magazine, and suppressor in Mangione’s backpack during a search at the police station. One of Mangione’s defense lawyers, Attorney Karen Friedman Agnifilo , aggressively challenged Wasser’s account, suggesting she had searched the backpack off-camera during transport and then staged the discovery on video at the station—allegations Wasser denied.

Mangione, accused of fatally shooting Brian Thompson, CEO of medical insurance company UnitedHealthcare, faces a nine-count indictment including second