Luigi Mangione Was Carrying Bus Ticket with the Name 'Sam Dawson': Prosecutors By Janelle Griffith

Luigi Mangione was back in court on Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025 — a year to the day prosecutors say he gunned down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in midtown Manhattan.

Mangione, 27, has pleaded not guilty to state and federal murder charges. This week marked Mangione’s first time back in state court since the judge overseeing the case, Gregory Carro, dismissed two terrorism charges against him in September.

Mangione was eating breakfast at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pa., when he was arrested Dec. 9, 2024, five days after Thompson was shot as he walked into an investor conference.

Thursday’s proceedings began with testimony from Tyler Frye, an officer from the Altoona Police Department who responded to the McDonald’s last December after a manager called 911 to report that Mangione looked like the suspect. Prosecutors showed videos from Frye’s body-worn camera and that of his colleague, Patrolman Joseph Detwiler.

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Prosecutors also presented various exhibits, such as clothing Mangione was wearing on the day of his arrest, a fake ID and other items they say he was in possession of that day, including a Greyhound bus ticket that was scheduled to depart Philadelphia at 10 p.m. and arrive in Pittsburgh at 11:55 p.m. The name on the ticket shown in court was Sam Dawson.

Mangione’s attorneys have argued that the police violated his constitutional rights. They want jurors to be prevented from hearing statements he made to police before his arrest and for other evidence to also be suppressed.

Video from the officers’ bodycams played in court showed police engaged with Mangione — who gave police a fake name and ID before he was arrested — for roughly 20 minutes before telling him he had the right to remain silent.

Frye was the seventh witness prosecutors from the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office called to testify.

The hearings are expected to last several days.