Dramatic new bodycam footage shows the moment cops realize they’ve caught Luigi Mangione: ‘He’s a f***ing king’

Dramatic new body camera footage captures the moment cops realized they had finally arrested Luigi Mangione at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s after an intense five-day manhunt.

Christy Wasser, an officer with the Altoona Police Department, smiled after pulling a gun magazine — which had been wrapped in underwear — from Mangione’s backpack, the newly released video shows.

“It’s fucking him, man,” a police officer is heard saying in footage released by the Manhattan District Attorney’s office. “It’s fucking him. 100 percent.”

Mangione was arrested in Altoona on December 9, 2024, five days after fatally shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan.

Parts of the voluminous video footage, taken by the cameras of eight police officers present during Mangione’s arrest, had already been shown at a court hearing last year.

But Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Gregory Carro ruled the information could be made public after CNN urged the judge to make it public after Mangione admitted in August to killing Thompson as part of a guilty plea in a separate federal case.

At one point in the footage, Mangione says, “Can I ask why there are so many cops here?” »

The fugitive initially gave officers a fake ID with the name “Mark Rosario,” but when a cop later asked him if that was his name, Mangione replied, “Uh, no sir,” the video shows.

“So what’s your real name?” » the cop probed.

“Uh, Luigi,” Mangione replied.

The killer can also be seen trying to play it cool by eating a hash brown and, later, a steak, egg and cheese McMuffin while officers asked him questions as a medley of Christmas songs blared through the speakers.

Mangione, 28, pleaded guilty this summer to federal harassment charges related to Thompson’s death and has since asked a judge to dismiss his state murder case on the grounds that he is protected by double jeopardy laws following his plea.

“I shot Mr. Thompson in Manhattan and he died,” Mangione confessed during the August 14 plea hearing. He is scheduled to be sentenced in this case on December 18.

His trial was postponed until a judge ruled on Mangione’s motion to dismiss the case as murder.

A representative for Mangione’s legal team declined to comment Friday.