Luigi Mangione’s defense on Monday sought to portray the Altoona, Pa. cop who found the alleged murder weapon used to kill UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson as rashly rooting through evidence in a frenzy over the high-profile bust.

As marathon evidence suppression hearings in Mangione’s state homicide case stretched into their second week , Altoona, Pa., Officer Christy Wasser was subjected to a grilling by the Maryland man’s lawyer about how truly concerned cops were about him having a bomb during his Dec. 9, 2024, arrest at a McDonald’s and about why she turned off her bodycam while transporting his belongings to the precinct.

Defense attorney Karen Friedman Agnifilo sought to zero in on a conversation between Wasser and higher-ranking officers at the fast food restaurant after s

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