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Friend to name ex-NFL star Hernandez as
gunman in double murder: prosecutor
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 [August 17, 2016]
(Reuters) - A former friend of
convicted murderer and ex-NFL star Aaron Hernandez will identify him as
the man who fatally shot two Cape Verdean nationals after a dispute at a
Boston nightclub in July 2012, Massachusetts prosecutors said on
Tuesday.
Alexander Bradley will also identify the former New England Patriots
tight end as the man who shot him in the face in February 2013 after
Bradley referred to the killing of Odin Lloyd, of which Hernandez was
later convicted, according to court papers filed by Suffolk County
District Attorney Daniel Conley's office.
Hernandez, 26, had been a rising star in the National Football League
with a $26 million contract when he was arrested in June 2013 and
charged with fatally shooting Lloyd, an acquaintance, in an industrial
park near his North Attleborough, Massachusetts, home.
The Patriots cut Hernandez within hours of his arrest and he was
convicted of the Lloyd killing and sentenced to life in prison without
possibility of parole in April 2015.
A Massachusetts judge set a trial date of Feb. 13 for Hernandez's trial
on charges of murdering Daniel Abreu and Safiro Furtado outside a Boston
nightclub after a dispute over a spilled drink.
Hernandez has also been charged with witness intimidation for allegedly
shooting Bradley while the two were in Florida. The incident cost
Bradley an eye.
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Former New England Patriots football player Aaron Hernandez (L) and
his attorney Charles Rankin listen as prosecution witness Alexander
Bradley is questioned by the prosecution without the jury present at
Bristol County Superior Court in Fall River, Massachusetts April 1,
2015. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
An attorney for Hernandez did not immediately respond to a request
for comment.
(Reporting by Scott Malone in Rio de Janeiro; Editing by Peter
Cooney)
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