Doesn't look like him. Super convenient that the gun can't be traced so we just have to trust the cops that it really was his, and that he was just out walking around with the gun and a manifesto, just days after, when anyone would be lying low?? Not buying it.

[–] BananaTrifleViolin@lemmy.world 51 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

There is a world where this guy is mentally ill - schizophrenia for example - and this is yet another example of the mentally ill falling through the gaping cracks in the US health care system.

To not dispose of the weapon or the fake ID, and continue wearing the same clothes suggests irrational behaviour.

Unfortunately the US legal system only seemingly regards mental ill health as a defense if you're very rich and lawyered up.

[–] theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world 67 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Or the cops fabricated it to close the case because they have zero leads

[–] Grapho@lemmy.ml 32 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

If they fabricated it I hope the adjuster goes and redacts an ExxonMobil exec

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Would be quite the twist if while this guy was in custody another CEO got whacked.

[–] dutchkimble@lemy.lol 3 points 2 weeks ago

Plot twist, he’s just going to prison to shiv his next CEO

[–] granolabar@kbin.melroy.org 16 points 2 weeks ago

They really did need a W, hmm

[–] Wisely@lemm.ee 20 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

News is saying his family is very wealthy. They own country clubs, health care facilities and real estate companies. And his cousin is a state delegate in Maryland. He also graduated from Ivy League college.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/luigi-mangione-healthcare-ceo-shooting-what-we-know/

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 23 points 2 weeks ago

Bourgeoisie infighting? What an hero

[–] nullPointer@programming.dev 9 points 2 weeks ago

affluenza it is then!

[–] plz1@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

So ghost guns not have distinctive rifling?

[–] theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world 40 points 2 weeks ago

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-field-of-firearms-forensics-is-flawed/

Bullet and rifling forensics is not based on science

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 25 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

A barrel is a barrel, and I think it highly unlikely that a mass-produced product leaving a unique fingerprint on something that's been smushed into a completely different shape can be used as forensic evidence. Unless you know of it being scientifically proven, it is the domain of TV CSI.

[–] lemming741@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

Glocks are the Toyota Corolla of handguns. They are the preferred weapon of police departments and federal agencies the world over.

They, and many modern firearms, use a rotary hammer forged barrel with polygonal rifling that does not leave unique markings like traditional cut rifling.

Also, forensic ballistics are mostly bunk, like forensic bite marks.