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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.
The OP states that the officer searched the backpack on the scene, drove it to the precinct during which time there is no footage for the 11 minutes, and THEN found the gun in the front pocket of the bag while at the precinct.
A lot of dumb coincidences need to line up for everything to so convently work out in the police's favor.
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