SHOCKING new footage shows the exact moment cops cornered alleged CEO assassin Luigi Mangione inside a McDonald’s – calmy eating a hashbrown before being dramatically unmasked.
The astonishing clip captures officers strolling up to the suspect as he sits alone with a beanie, mask and bulky bag – seconds before they realise they’ve found their man.
The cop instructs: “”Put the mask down for me very quickly,” as he approached the table where Luigi sat.
When asked for his name the man replies: ” Mark Rosario”.
But the second he tugged his mask down, police were convinced they had the right man.
His capture came only because a sharp-eyed McDonald’s worker rang 911 after recognising him from the police images.
The staff member spotted a man calmly eating breakfast while wearing a beanie, mask and carrying a large bag – and thought something was off.
The data engineer “started to shake” when officers began questioning him.
A junior cop said: “As soon as he pulled that down, me and my partner recognised him immediately. We knew that was our guy.”
The young officer stayed composed, continuing to probe the suspect while requesting his driver’s licence.
A customer later revealed he had joked to a friend that the man looked like the shooter.
He told CNN: “It started out almost like a joke, my one friend thought he looked like the shooter.
“He probably heard us. He had a mask, a hood and a backpack from what my buddy told me. My friend saw him better than I did, actually.”
Mangione, 26, eventually handed over a fake New Jersey licence with the name “Mark Rosario”.
The same alias had been used just days earlier when he checked into a New York City hostel.
As other officers ran the name through the system, the rookie cop kept chatting, asking whether he had travelled to New York City recently.
At that question, the officer says Mangione became “visibly nervous”.
The junior policeman added that he himself “started shaking”.
When police announced the name Mark Rosario didn’t appear in any US database, they warned him he would be arrested if he didn’t give his real identity.
Mangione then admitted he was in fact Luigi Mangione, allegedly saying he “clearly shouldn’t have” used a fake name and ID.
Mangione had spent five days evading authorities after a CEO was gunned down – only to risk everything for a McDonald’s breakfast.
He managed to flee 280 miles from New York to Altoona, Pennsylvania during the manhunt, slipping across state lines and leaving almost no trail behind.
Investigators later admitted Mangione wasn’t even on their radar of possible suspects.
Officers rummaged through his belongings and found multiple incriminating items.
Inside his bag was a ghost gun resembling the murder weapon and documents said to be tied to the killing.
One handwritten note reportedly offered insight into his “motivation and mindset,” police said.
The manifesto allegedly read: “These parasites had it coming.
“I do apologize for any strife and trauma, but it had to be done.”
Another note reportedly stated he acted alone and was self-funded, according to cops who reviewed the document.
He was slapped with five charges including forgery, carrying a gun without a license, false identification to law enforcement, and tampering with records.
Mangione appeared grim and expressionless as officers marched him into Blair County courthouse for his preliminary arraignment.
Inside the station, he was photographed in a dark blue long-sleeve top and jeans as his mugshot was taken.
Cops later officially charged him with murder.
He has not yet entered a plea and was denied bail, appearing in court in handcuffs.
Mangione was seen shouting as officers dragged him back into the courthouse.
He claimed the situation was “out of touch and an insult to the intelligence of the American people.”
Police were forced to grab him by the neck as he resisted.
Investigators are now looking into fresh leads following his arrest.
One developing theory suggests Mangione’s friends believed he “turned absolutely crazy” after suffering agonising back pain and undergoing surgery.
The ordeal reportedly left him withdrawn from family and friends, with worried messages emerging in the aftermath.
Who is Luigi Mangione?
MANGIONE, 26, was regarded as a beloved, clever and wealthy man by his family, friends and all who knew him.
He was born and raised in Maryland where he was valedictorian of his high school graduating class at Gilman School in Baltimore.
He had no prior criminal history and was said to have been a model student, footballer and all-round athlete at high school.
One former student from the Gilman School told The U.S. Sun Mangione was “popular” and had a “big circle of friends.”
The former student, who asked not to be identified, said: “We went to the same school but didn’t really have the same friends. I’m really shocked by this whole thing.
“I think he played soccer, it was an all-boys school, so being a good athlete got you social currency for sure.”
After, Mangione graduated cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania, where he studied Computer and Information Science, according to his LinkedIn profile.
He also got his masters from the Ivy League school.
Mangione was reportedly a data engineer at a car company in California before moving to Hawaii.
His cousin is also Republican Maryland House of Delegates member Nino Mangione.
