Andrea Canning

Mayor Mamdani said that they probably shouldn't have had these passes, but also didn't say he was going to revoke them.

But it's just another element to all of this.

I tend to feel the same way with the detectives.

I mean, this is what we do on Dateline.

We interview families every week who have lost a loved one to murder.

And that is not lost on me.

And that is a fear of mine for this country that people are glorifying murder because they don't like, as you said, the industry.

I think it's wrong.

Brian Thompson has two children, a wife, a family, you know, and there's so many parallels almost, I hate to say it, but between Brian Thompson and alleged killer Luigi Mangione that they were both valedictorians.

Of their high school, they were both smart.

You know, they both came from these, you know, one had more privilege than the other, but it seems like they came from good families.

You know, so there were some similarities there.

Yeah.

Lester, thank you so much for bringing us this story and this really fascinating conversation.

And of course, Lester, we'll also bring you any updates, breaking news updates on this case on Dateline True Crime Weekly.

Coming up after the break, Mike Nardi, Dateline producer who produced this episode and senior producer Alison Orr will be here to answer your social media questions.

Welcome back, everyone.

And Alison and Mike, thank you for joining us for this social section.

Hey, Andrea.

Great job on the story.