• Pennomi@lemmy.world
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    12 days ago

    had a ghost gun capable of firing a 9 mm round and a suppressor, police said. The gun and suppressor were “consistent with the weapon used in the murder,” NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said. The gun “may have been made on a 3D printer,” police said.

    Mangione also had a three-page handwritten document “that speaks to his motivation and mindset,” Tisch said.

    Man if you assassinate someone maybe don’t keep the weapon and manifesto on your person.

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        He must have known he would get caught right? Why else keep a written note on him? He must have intended for it to be found and mentioned in the news to further bring attention to the broken healthcare system

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          I think you’re halfway there - he probably did mean for it to be found, if he was killed or died in the interim.

          That would have been his failsafe to tell his story to the world.

          Source: there isn’t one, it’s simply one line of supposition