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Reporter Reveals New Details Of What Luigi Mangione Allegedly Did Before His Arrest

Luigi Mangione may have made a previously unannounced stop in Pennsylvania.

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We thought we knew the entire timeline of what Luigi Mangione was up to during his days fleeing from the law following his alleged shooting of Brian Thompson in New York and his capture in Pennsylvania.

Now, it appears another wrinkle has been added.

According to a report by NewsNation’s Alex Caprariello, employees at a Best Buy in Altoona, PA, say that Mangione stopped by the store while he was fleeing.

The suspected killer “stopped in their store to conduct Google searches on their display computers before his arrest. The employee told me the computer he used was pulled off the shelf after he left, presumably by law enforcement for their investigation,” Caprariello said on X.

A stop at Best Buy or the seizure of a display computer he may have used has not been mentioned in any previous briefing by law enforcement. No previous media coverage had so much as hinted at a Best Buy visit.

The Best Buy location in question appears to be about 2.5 miles from the McDonalds where Mangione was arrested. In New York, he was charged with first-degree murder.

While the state murder charges will proceed first, Mangione has also been charged with federal crimes.
Per the Justice Department, Mangione faces “one count of using a firearm to commit murder, which carries a maximum potential sentence of death or life in prison; one count of interstate stalking resulting in death, which carries a maximum potential sentence of life in prison;  one count of stalking through use of interstate facilities resulting in death, which carries a maximum potential sentence of life in prison; and one count of discharging a firearm that was equipped with a silencer in furtherance of a crime of violence, which carries a maximum potential sentence of life in prison and a mandatory minimum sentence of 30 years.”

On Thursday, Mangione officially waived extradition and arrived in New York to face both the state and federal charges in connection with Thompson’s murder. He could face the death penalty on a federal charge, although that is unlikely, experts told Fox News.

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Also on hand for Mangione’s arrival was a surprise face, New York Mayor Eric Adams, who is himself under federal indictment, also by the Southern District of New York.

“I will say this over and over again: the radicalization that is taking place across our country, we cannot ignore,” New York City Mayor Eric Adams said during a press gaggle, as reported by Fox. “When you see an incident that took place so now stories when you witnessed a shooting took place or the school campus by now a young girl, that is the continuation of our young people are crying out for help.”

In addition, per NewsNation, Mangione is now being held in the same jail, Brooklyn Metropolitan Detention Center, as Sean “Diddy” Combs, the former music mogul who is under indictment for sex crimes. However, it is a large jail, meaning that the two men won’t necessarily meet or have any interactions.
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Stephen Silver is an award-winning journalist, essayist and film critic, and contributor to the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Broad Street Review and Splice Today. The co-founder of the Philadelphia Film Critics Circle, Stephen lives in suburban Philadelphia with his wife and two sons. Stephen has authored thousands of articles that focus on politics, technology, and the economy.

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