Police say fingerprints of gunman suspect match those found near New York crime scene

Police accidental fingerprints of the antheral suspected of shooting dormant a US wellness security brag lucifer those recovered adjacent the transgression country successful New York, according to Sky News' US spouse NBC News.

Luigi Mangione has been charged with the execution of UnitedHealthcare main enforcement Brian Thompson, who was changeable dormant successful Manhattan past week.

Dressed successful an orangish situation uniform, the 26-year-old appeared astatine Blair County Courthouse connected Tuesday, wherever helium decided to situation his extradition to New York, triggering a ineligible process that could past weeks.

But arsenic prosecutors question to physique a lawsuit against the alleged suspect, NBC News quoted an authoritative adjacent to the lawsuit who claimed investigators person recovered prints adjacent the country successful New York that lucifer Mangione's own.

It isn't wide wherever the prints were taken from.

Police said the fishy antecedently visited a Starbucks earlier the shooting, and past was seen connected an e-bike cycling distant from the scene.

Speaking recently, Mangione's lawyer Thomas Dickey said: "Listen, I haven't seen immoderate grounds that says he's the shooter.

"I haven't seen anything. I person not seen 1 scintilla, 1 speck, 1 driblet of immoderate grounds yet."

NBC News besides reported, citing 2 sources acquainted with the ongoing investigation, that Mangione was carrying a notebook erstwhile found.

In it, helium allegedly wrote: "What bash you do? You wack the CEO astatine the yearly parasitic bean-counter convention.

"It's targeted, precise, and doesn't hazard innocents."

'These parasites had it coming'

After a high-profile manhunt, Mangione was arrested aft a extremity disconnected from a McDonald's worker, and helium was recovered with a gun, disguise and writings, constabulary said, that linked him to the ambush attack.

NBC News spoke to a lawsuit who spotted Mangione successful the edifice successful Altoona, astir 230 miles (370km) westbound of New York.

The man, who lone gave his sanction arsenic Larry, said his person told him "that looks similar the shooter from New York", adding that a backpack looked akin to 1 the fishy was carrying.

Larry added: "I thought it was 1 of the employees, due to the fact that they spell backmost present connected break, and they enactment their hoods up, and helium was successful the country with his hood up."

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Mangione had 3 pages of writings connected him astatine the clip helium was taken into custody, officials besides told NBC News.

Those writings reportedly said "frankly these parasites had it coming" and "I wasn't moving with anyone" during broader disapproval of the US healthcare manufacture and ample corporations, including UnitedHealthcare.

Pennsylvania authoritative Peter Weeks said Mangione, who gave officers a fake ID, was recovered with a passport and $10,000 (£7,840) successful currency - $2,000 of it successful overseas currency.

An Ivy League tech graduate, Mangione's alleged actions person catapulted him to online notoriety, with Etsy and eBay among the websites selling T-shirts and different products referencing him.

Some connected societal media person expressed sympathy and enactment for Mangione.

Support for him appears to travel from long-standing resentment implicit the US healthcare strategy and allegations that firms similar UnitedHealthcare spell to large lengths to debar paying for treatments successful bid to maximise profits.