Prosecutor: Ex-Patriot Hernandez killed 2 in 2012 after being bumped into, spilling drink
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Prosecutors say former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez gunned down two men in their car last year after one of them accidentally bumped into him at a Boston nightclub, spilling a drink.
Hernandez pleaded not guilty in Suffolk Superior Court Wednesday afternoon in the shooting deaths of Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado. A third man was wounded.
Prosecutors say Hernandez became agitated and told a friend that de Abreu had deliberately bumped him. Prosecutors say Hernandez later tracked down de Abreu and his friends and opened fire on their car from an SUV.
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Hernandez already faces charges in the 2013 killing of semi-pro football player Odin Lloyd.
Hernandez's attorney called the prosecutor's account of the 2012 shooting an attempt to poison the jury pool.