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Where would the planted gun have come from? It's a 3D printed gun. The police would have had to run off a similar model in the few days between the killing and Luigi's capture. If you're experienced with 3D printers and already have a couple printers, you could probably pull that off, but that's not the police. I seriously doubt they have people setup for something like that, and institutional inertial would prevent them from spinning it up in the short time required. The learning curve alone would prevent them from having the time.
Nor can they feasibly bring in outside help. "We need you to make a 3D printed gun for us". What do the police need with a 3D printed gun that happens to match the one the shooter used?
Regardless, there's a chain of evidence issue here. That could well destroy the case no matter if it was planted or not.
If it's actually the gun used in the murder, it may have been found previously. It's a disposable weapon, after all. They may have found the gun in NYC and figured they can't tie it to anyone unless it's conveniently found on the person they arrest.
Now I'm not saying that IS what happened, but it very well could have happened. The circumstances behind the handling of evidence have been very suspicious and a little bit too convenient.
Do we know if the gun was present (planted or not) when Luigi was picked up? Or could it have been planted later?
If it was there at the time, I don't see how it could have been planted. They're random cops in Altoona, PA, a town of about 43k people that isn't particularly close to Pittsburgh or any other major metropolitan area. They get a call from a McDonalds that a guy who looks like the perp is munching there. Before rushing to the scene, they grab the 3D printed gun they just happen to have laying around for this scenario?
If it could have been planted in the backpack later on, then sure.
It was only reported to have been found after the officer (with no body cam) got the backpack to the precinct. This was after an initial warrantless search on the site of the arrest