Aaron Hernandez Found GUILTY Of First-Degree Murder, Faces Life With No Parole
April 15 2015, Updated 12:01 p.m. ET
Former NFL star Aaron Hernandez was found guilty of first-degree murder Wednesday in a Fall River, Mass. courtroom in the death of semi-pro football player Odin Lloyd.
The 25-year-old, an ex tight end for the New England Patriots, must serve a mandatory sentence of life in prison without parole, according to state law. He was also found guilty of unlawful possession of a firearm not at home or work and unlawful possession of ammunition in the tense court hearing.
Hernandez's mother Terri and fiancee Shayanna Jenkins openly wept as the verdict was read from a jury that included seven women and five men.
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As RadarOnline.com previously reported, the 27-year-old Lloyd (who knew the NFL football player, as he was dating Jenkins’ sister) was gunned down June 17, 2013 in a North Attleborough, Mass. industrial park. The other two men accused in the killing, Carlos Ortiz and Ernest Wallace, continue to await trial.
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Hernandez has also pleaded not guilty to murder charges in a 2012 double killing, but the judge had not allowed prosecutors from mentioning the separate charges in the Lloyd trial.
Hernandez, who had a $40 million contract with the reigning Super Bowl champions, was immediately cut by the team after charges against him surfaced in the summer of 2013.
