Regulars at Pennsylvania McDonalds Claim They're Responsible For Capture of Luigi Mangione

The member of a group of regulars at the Altoona McDonald's where Luigi Mangione was apprehended claimed they were responsible for identifying him, detailing how the events unfolded on Monday.

Speaking to Fox News, the person, who identified himself as Larry, said he believed his friends were kidding when one mentioned a customer looked "like the shooter from New York."

"One of my friends, and I thought he was kidding, made a comment: 'Well, that looks like the shooter from New York.' But the group thought it was more of a joke and we were kidding about it. But then as it turned out, it was him," he said. "I passed him whenever I left, I left and went to church, [then] came back because I heard there was an arrest," he added. A person alerted a McDonald's employee about the situation, who then called law enforcement.

Pennsylvania State Police released on Tuesday pictures of Mangione inside the McDonald's. He's wearing a brown beanie and a dark jacket. He had a facemask that he removed to eat what it looked like a hashbrown in a corner of the fast food establishment.

"Law enforcement continues to seek the public's help in gathering information on Luigi Mangione's travel and recent whereabouts in Pennsylvania," authorities added in a publication on X.

Mangione was working on his laptop when officials arrived and asked him to remover his facemask. He was then recognized as a suspect wanted for questioning in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. He allegedly handed over a fake ID, gave a false name and "became quiet and started to shake" when asked if he had been in New York recently.

Mangione also had a hand-written manifesto in which he detailed the reasons for his actions. The document reportedly describes both his and his mother's chronic pain and slams UnitedHealthcare, saying the company is responsible for his actions.

Quoting a senior law enforcement official who saw the document, The New York Times reported that the manifesto contained phrases like "these parasites had it coming" and "I do apologize for any strife and trauma, but it had to be done."

Mangione added that while UnitedHealthcare's market capitalization has grown throughout the years, life expectancy in the U.S. hasn't. He claimed that such companies "continue to abuse our country for immense profit because the American public has allowed them to get away with it."

"To save you a lengthy investigation, I state plainly that I wasn't working with anyone," added the 26-year-old, who has already been charged with murder in New York. He remains jailed in Pennsylvania, where he was apprehended by police at a local McDonald's. He was also charged in the state with possession of an unlicensed firearm, forgery and providing false identification to police. He is expected to be extradited to New York.