D.J. Hernandez feared to be preparing shootings
Jul 25, 2023, 02:18 PM ET
STORRS, Conn.– The older brother of late New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez is behind bars after a female close to him told police she was worried he was planning a school shooting.Dennis Hernandez
, a former football player at UConn, was shocked with a stun gun and detained by cops July 18 after he threatened to kill officers who had gone to his house in Bristol, Connecticut, then emerged from your house screaming “shoot me, shoot me,” according to police.On the way to the healthcare facility, Hernandez, who passed D.J. while playing quarterback and wide receiver for the Huskies in the mid-2000s, stated he prepared to kill anybody who had benefited off his more youthful sibling, cops said in an arrest report.Bristol law enforcement officer went to Hernandez’s home after speaking with 2 ladies about what they described as his weakening psychological health.Hernandez, 37, was initially jailed in March after police
state he threw a bag containing a brick and a note over a fence and onto ESPN’s home in Bristol prior to leaving.Hernandez did not appear in court as arranged on July 7. One of the females informed cops that Hernandez informed her he had driven rather on that day to UConn’s campus in Storrs and Brown University’s campus in Providence, Rhode Island, to”map the schools out.”The female, whose name is redacted from the police report, informed police she speculated Hernandez was planning a school shooting.UConn police validated that a lorry connected to Hernandez was on campus that day.The other woman informed authorities that in rambling about that incident to her, Hernandez stated he “has a bullet for everyone, “according to the arrest report.Hernandez also published risks on social networks towards one of those women and other people, police said. Among those checked out in part,”Will I kill? Absolutely
.”In a text to one of the females on July 7, Hernandez wrote about being upset at UConn coaches and university officials, and warned he was “taking down everything.” He said he has actually been craving years, “and now it’s other individuals’s turn. “” Not all shootings are bad I’m understanding, “he wrote.A phone message looking for comment was
left at the general public protector’s workplace, which is representing Hernandez in the event.
Hernandez matured in Bristol and recently had actually resided in Florida.UConn said in
a statement that it figured out at the time that there was” no known impending danger”to the school which Hernandez was taken into custody quickly after UConn learned of the occurrence. Brown, where Hernandez served as quarterbacks coach throughout the 2010-11 season, stated in a statement that its investigation showed Hernandez had actually not gone back to campus in recent weeks.Hernandez is due back in court on Aug. 1 on charges including threatening, breach of peace and failure to appear in court. He is being held in lieu of$250,000 bail.Aaron Hernandez eliminated himself in 2017 while serving a murder sentence.