Prosecutors have released newly unveiled police body camera footage showing the tense moment officers confronted murder suspect Luigi Mangione inside a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania—exactly one year after his arrest. Mangione, 27, stands accused of murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City on December 4, 2024, a killing that triggered a multistate manhunt.

On December 9, officers received a tip that a man matching the suspect’s description was eating inside the McDonald’s. The footage shows officers Joseph Fetwiler and Tyler Frye entering the restaurant and approaching a man in a knit hat and medical mask seated at the back. When asked to lower the mask, the man complies. Questioned about his name, he identifies himself as “Mark Rosario,” apologizing when officers explain that a caller found him suspicious.

The video captures the moment the man hands over an ID displaying the name “Mark Rosario” but featuring a photo that closely resembles Mangione. As one officer steps away to run the license, another begins asking where the man is from before the recording cuts off.

The confrontation and the items later seized are now central to a pretrial dispute. Mangione faces federal charges including murder, stalking, and firing a weapon equipped with a silencer—charges that carry a potential death penalty. In New York state, he is charged with second-degree murder, criminal possession of a weapon, and criminal possession of a forged instrument, with a maximum penalty of life in prison. He has pleaded not guilty across all cases.

Evidence collected on the day of Mangione’s arrest—including the alleged murder weapon, a pistol silencer, ammunition, and a reported manifesto—has become a focal point of legal contention. The defense argues the search was conducted without a warrant and is asking the court to suppress the seized items and portions of the bodycam footage, including Mangione’s alleged use of a false identity before being read his Miranda rights.

This evidentiary dispute arrives after defense attorneys successfully persuaded a judge in September to dismiss state terrorism charges against Mangione. The pretrial hearings will determine how much of the McDonald’s encounter—and the items found afterward—will be shown to jurors when the case proceeds to trial.