Is Luigi Mangione innocent? Lawyer Thomas Dickey makes bombshell claims as he fights extradition from Pennsylvania to NYC

The suspect is charged with second-degree murder, forgery and criminal posession of a firearm in New York City.

In Pennsylvania, he is charged with forgery, carrying a gun without a license, falsely identifying himself to authorities and posessiong intruments of a crime.

Fingerprints collected at the scene of Brian Thomson’s murder reportedly match those of Luigi Mangione, CNN reported on Wednesday.

This would be the first scientific, forensic match tying Mangione to the scene.

It comes after Mangione’s lawyer said he has seen no evidence that his client is Thompson’s killer.

‘It’s a shock for all of us,’ Mangione’s uncle, Jerry O’Keefe, told the New York Post.

‘I can’t say anymore. The statement summed it up for all of us. We don’t know anything more than what’s been reported in the media.’

The Mangione family released a statement on social media late Monday by his cousin, Maryland Del. Nino Mangione.

‘Our family is shocked and devastated by Luigi’s arrest. We offer our prayers to the family of Brian Thompson and we ask people to pray for all involved.’

The signs featured pictures of Thompson, OptumHealth CEO Heather Cianfrocco and UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty. It is unclear who put the posters up.

Alleged CEO killer Luigi Mangione appeared to be looking for a familiar face during his court arraignment, but he found none.

The 26-year-old Ivy League graduate repeatedly turned around during his court appearance on Monday in Pennsylvania, to look into the public gallery, but none of his relatives had shown up.

Mangione also had no one in court to support him in his second court appearance on Tuesday.

Police said Mangione had tried to check into the Horseshoe Curve Lodge in Altoona but there were no rooms available.

The desk clerk at the motel told ABC News police showed up and reviewed the cameras before determining it was the suspect who had tried to check in.

Attorney Thomas Dickey confirmed that he was hired privately rather than employed by the state to represent accused UnitedHealthCare CEO shooter Luigi Mangione.

Dickey runs his own law firm and is a lifetime resident of Blair County, Pennsylvania, accordin got his work biography.

After receiving his law degree from Ohio Northern University, Dickey joined the Blair County Public Defenders Office, then started his private practive in 1984.

He has successful legal defense career with acquittals in cases ranging from DUI’s to first degree murder and winning appeals from the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Dickey is one of few death-penalty qualified attorneys in the area, and is described as being known around the state for his strong representation in the courtroom, providing vigorous defense against all levels of criminal charges and active representation in civil litigation.

Mangione also had a spiral notebook in which he wrote a ‘to-do list,’ ahead of the grizzly shooting, CNN reported.