Police involved with Luigi Mangione’s arrest were so skeptical that the tip on his whereabouts was true that they joked about a reward sandwich in text messages, Manhattan state court proceedings revealed on Tuesday.

“He said, ‘if you get the New York City shooter, I’ll buy you a hoagie from a local restaurant,’” testified Joseph Detwiler, an Altoona, Pennsylvania police officer, of texts exchanged with a supervisor. “I said, ‘Consider it done.’”

In less than an hour, Detwiler learned that this seemingly spurious tip was true.

Mangione was captured in Pennsylvania at a McDonald’s on 9 December 2024 in connection with the murder of Brian Thompson , the United HealthCare CEO. Thompson’s death on a New York City street on 4 December 2024 both spurred a sprawling manhunt for his kille

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