FALL RIVER (AP) — Twelve jurors working to decide whether to convict former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez in the death of another man are set to resume deliberations.
The jurors spent nine hours deliberating on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Hernandez is charged with the June 2013 shooting death of Odin Lloyd, who was dating his fiancée’s sister. Lloyd was shot six times in an industrial park less than a mile from Hernandez’s home.
Yesterdayy, jurors asked questions to clarify two weapon and ammunition possession charges Hernandez faces in addition to the murder charge.
Jurors must deliberate every day from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and may go later if they wish.
Here is a look at key dates in the case:
— June 8, 2010: Hernandez, a standout tight end drafted from the University of Florida, signs a four-year contract with the New England Patriots.
— Jan. 1, 2012: He sets a career best with 138 receiving yards in a win over Buffalo.
— July 16, 2012: Two men, Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado, are shot to death in their car as they wait at a red light in Boston’s South End neighborhood.
— Aug. 27, 2012: Hernandez signs a five-year, $40 million contract with the Patriots.
— February 2013: An associate, Alexander Bradley, is shot in the face in Florida. Bradley files a lawsuit alleging that Hernandez shot him after they argued at a strip club.
— June 17, 2013: The body of Odin Lloyd, a semi-professional football player who was dating the sister of Hernandez’s fiancee, is found about a mile from Hernandez’s mansion in North Attleborough, Massachusetts.
— June 26, 2013: Hernandez is arrested on a murder charge in Lloyd’s slaying and taken from his home in handcuffs. He later pleads not guilty. The Patriots release him hours after his arrest.
— May 15, 2014: Hernandez is indicted on two counts of first-degree murder and other charges in connection with the shootings of de Abreu and Furtado. His lawyers say he is innocent.
— May 28, 2014: Hernandez pleads not guilty to seven charges in connection with the deaths of de Abreu and Furtado. A prosecutor says Hernandez was angry because de Abreu accidentally bumped into him at a nightclub while dancing, spilling his drink.
— Jan. 9, 2015: Hernandez goes on trial for murder in Lloyd’s killing.
— April 7, 2015: Prosecutors and Hernandez’s lawyers present their closing statements and the case goes to the jury.
