Recently unveiled court documents include photographs capturing the arrest of Luigi Mangione, who is accused of attempting to assassinate the CEO of UnitedHealthcare. As his defense team contests the Justice Department’s stance, they debate whether the charge, which could lead to the death penalty, should be upheld.

The photographs, seemingly extracted from body camera footage, depict Mangione dining alone in a corner of a restaurant, wearing a medical mask. The sequence shows him lowering the mask to speak with an officer, followed by his subsequent handcuffing.

Attorneys representing Mangione have petitioned a federal judge to exclude evidence procured during his arrest. They contend that officers in Altoona, Pennsylvania, conducted an unlawful search of his backpack and engaged in questioning before administering his Miranda rights.

Luigi Mangione was apprehended while seated in a McDonald’s in Altoona. Police responded to a tip from someone who identified him from a wanted poster.

In response, a Justice Department attorney argued that examining the backpack was warranted due to legitimate safety concerns. Furthermore, they indicated that the only statement made before being Mirandized that they intend to use in court is his alleged false identification, which they claim did not necessitate a Miranda warning.

Mangione allegedly gave officers a fake name, “Mark Rosario,” when they approached him. (Southern District of New York)

Thompson, 50, was a father of two from Minnesota. He was visiting New York City for an investor conference at the time of his murder.

Surveillance video shows him walking outside a Manhattan hotel on his way to the conference when a masked man approached from behind and opened fire.

Officers believed Mangione was the person seen in an NYPD wanted poster in connection with the assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson and arrested him. (Southern District of New York)

Mangione allegedly fled the area on a bicycle and then took a bus out of town.

Five days later, customers at the Altoona McDonald’s recognized him from a wanted poster and called police. They arrested him at the scene and allegedly recovered the murder weapon in his bag, along with writings critical of the health insurance industry.

Mangione’s defense has argued the search of his belongings was improper, as was questioning him before a Miranda warning. (Southern District of New York)

Mangione’s lawyers have rejected the term “manifesto” to describe his journals.

While some supporters have embraced him as an anti-capitalist crusader, Mangione’s stops at a Manhattan Starbucks and the Pennsylvania McDonald’s both played a role in his capture, according to prosecutors.

In addition to murder and other charges in New York and federal court, Mangione faces firearms and fake ID charges in Pennsylvania. (Southern District of New York)

Mangione is accused of “meticulously” planning the murder with the motive of igniting a “public discussion about the healthcare industry,” according to the DOJ.

UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot to death in New York. (AP Photo/UnitedHealth Group via AP)

New York prosecutors said Mangione plotted to travel to New York; find Thompson, a Minnesota resident in town for UnitedHealthcare’s investor conference; and kill him. Mangione allegedly shot Thompson from behind with a 3D-printed ghost gun and suppressor.