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Mangione’s Attorney Says He Will Challenge Forensic Results’ Admissibility, Accuracy

The attorney for suspect Luigi Mangione, who was charged for the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, said he intends to challenge the forensic evidence that police say connect his client to the crime scene.

New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said Wednesday that the three shell casings found at the scene of Thompson’s shooting in Manhattan matched the ghost gun found on Mangione when he was arrested at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pa. earlier this week.

Tisch also said the crime lab results matched the Mangione’s fingerprints to a water bottle and a Kind bar wrapper found near the scene of the killing.

In an interview with CNN’s “Erin Burnett OutFront,” on Wednesday evening, defense attorney Thomas Dickey called into question the accuracy of the evidence and said he would challenge its admissibility in court.

“I still haven‘t seen that evidence. Lawyers need to see evidence,” Dickey said, in response to Tisch’s announcement about the evidence, adding, “Saying you have something and getting that admitted into court are two different things.”

Dickey said the fingerprint and ballistic evidence, which the NYPD says it has, are “two sciences, in and of themselves,” that “have come under some criticism in the past, relative to their credibility, their truthfulness, their accuracy, however you want to do it.”

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