Luigi Mangione’s bushy eyebrows were “the only thing’’ that customers and workers at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s could see over his face mask — but they were apparently enough, it surfaced in court Monday.
Eagle-eyed patrons at the Altoona fast-food joint recognized Mangione’s eyebrows as those of a suspected killer wanted in New York City — and urged the McDonald’s manager to call the cops, according to audio of the 911 call played in Manhattan Supreme Court.
“It’s not really an emergency, but I have a customer here that some other customers were suspicious of, that he looks like the CEO shooter from New York,’’ the manager told the operator around 9:15 a.m. Dec. 9, 2024.
The staffer told the emergency worker that the suspicious man was wearing a black sweater jacket with a medical mask on and a tan beanie pulled down — with only his eyebrows peeking out.
“The only thing you can see is his eyebrows,” said the manager, whose name was not released.
“He’s by the back of our lobby by the bathroom,” the worker said on the call, which was played as part of a pre-trial evidence hearing.
“I don’t know what to do here, guys,” she added.
Two police officers arrived minutes later and began speaking to the man, who was later identified as the now 27-year-old Mangione, video played in court Monday showed.
The footage shows the suspect taking at least two bites of his food as he interacted with the officers. Minutes after that, more officers arrived, and the man was placed under arrest.
The hearing, which began Monday morning, will probe Mangione’s claim that his rights were breached when police searched his backpack and questioned him before getting a warrant.
Mangione faces up to life in prison on state charges of executing UnitedHealthCare CEO Brian Thompson outside the healthcare giant’s annual investor conference.
