Dennis “DJ” Hernandez, the brother of deceased former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez, was recently arrested in Connecticut after being accused of planning shootings at two prominent New England universities. An incident report obtained from the Bristol Police Department on Tuesday indicates a 35-year-old woman contacted officers because of text messages that Hernandez, 37, had sent. The woman also told police that “Dennis is extremely sick and that his mental health is continuing to deteriorate.”She told officers that Hernandez traveled to both the University of Connecticut campus in Storrs and Brown University in Providence in her car to “map the schools out” and surmised he was planning a “school shooting.” The woman told police she loaned the vehicle to Hernandez on July 7 so he could go to a court hearing but said he admitted to driving to the universities instead.The police report indicates that the UCONN police department confirmed that the vehicle was on campus that day. Police also noted “numerous social media posts that contained threatening and concerning language” that were posted by Hernandez on July 19. “Based on the information contained within these text messages, it became readily apparent that Dennis was gravely disabled and a danger to society,” police wrote in the report. That day, police swarmed Hernandez’s home in Bristol, where he and his children were present. When officers made contact with him by phone, they say Hernandez threatened that if they approached, “he would kill us all.” The report says that shortly after that call, Hernandez exited the home and began walking toward police with his arms outstretched and “began yelling, ‘Shoot me.'”Officers used a stun gun to take him into custody and noted that e continued to make threats while in the hospital. The threats included “anyone who profited off of his brother Aaron.”After being released from the hospital, Hernandez was brought to the Bristol Police Department and held on $250,000.When police informed the woman about the arrest, she provided additional text messages from Hernandez, including one that concluded, “Not all shootings are bad I’m realizing. Some are necessary for change to happen.” His brother Aaron Hernandez, who was a star with the Patriots, was convicted of murder in one trial and hanged himself in prison in 2017 after winning an acquittal in a separate double homicide case. Video below: Reflecting on the Aaron Hernandez case
Dennis “DJ” Hernandez, the brother of deceased former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez, was recently arrested in Connecticut after being accused of planning shootings at two prominent New England universities.
An incident report obtained from the Bristol Police Department on Tuesday indicates a 35-year-old woman contacted officers because of text messages that Hernandez, 37, had sent. The woman also told police that “Dennis is extremely sick and that his mental health is continuing to deteriorate.”
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She told officers that Hernandez traveled to both the University of Connecticut campus in Storrs and Brown University in Providence in her car to “map the schools out” and surmised he was planning a “school shooting.” The woman told police she loaned the vehicle to Hernandez on July 7 so he could go to a court hearing but said he admitted to driving to the universities instead.
The police report indicates that the UCONN police department confirmed that the vehicle was on campus that day.
Police also noted “numerous social media posts that contained threatening and concerning language” that were posted by Hernandez on July 19.
“Based on the information contained within these text messages, it became readily apparent that Dennis was gravely disabled and a danger to society,” police wrote in the report.
That day, police swarmed Hernandez’s home in Bristol, where he and his children were present. When officers made contact with him by phone, they say Hernandez threatened that if they approached, “he would kill us all.”
The report says that shortly after that call, Hernandez exited the home and began walking toward police with his arms outstretched and “began yelling, ‘Shoot me.'”
Officers used a stun gun to take him into custody and noted that e continued to make threats while in the hospital. The threats included “anyone who profited off of his brother Aaron.”
After being released from the hospital, Hernandez was brought to the Bristol Police Department and held on $250,000.
When police informed the woman about the arrest, she provided additional text messages from Hernandez, including one that concluded, “Not all shootings are bad I’m realizing. Some are necessary for change to happen.”
His brother Aaron Hernandez, who was a star with the Patriots, was convicted of murder in one trial and hanged himself in prison in 2017 after winning an acquittal in a separate double homicide case.
Video below: Reflecting on the Aaron Hernandez case
