FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) – The jury has reached a verdict in the murder trial of former New England Patriots star tight end Aaron Hernandez.
Hernandez is charged with killing Odin Lloyd in June 2013. Lloyd was dating the sister of Hernandez’s fiancee. He was shot six times in an industrial park near Hernandez’s home.
A court officer announced Wednesday morning that the 12-person jury had reached a verdict after deliberating since April 7.
Lawyers and spectators are assembling in the courtroom before the jury is brought in.
Hernandez’s lawyer acknowledged during closing arguments that he was there when Lloyd was killed. But he pinned the shooting on Hernandez’s two friends, saying his client was a 23-year-old kid who didn’t know what to do.