Bristol police: D.J. Hernandez allegedly ‘mapped out’ shootings at UConn, Brown University

Dennis “D.J.” Hernandez, the brother of former NFL star Aaron Hernandez who died by suicide while in prison on a murder conviction, was arrested last week after allegedly going to both the University of Connecticut and Brown University earlier this month to “map the schools out” for the presumed purpose of carrying out mass shootings, according to court documents obtained by the Hartford Courant.

The 37-year-old former UConn wide receiver and quarterback was taken into custody last Wednesday outside a Bristol residence where police allege he threatened to kill responding officers and had to be tased. Two children in the home, ages 12 and 5, were safely evacuated and not harmed, Bristol police wrote in court documents tied to Hernandez’s arrest.

Hernandez was arrested on charges of second-degree threatening, second-degree breach of peace and second-degree failure to appear.

The failure to appear charge he faces stemmed from a missed court appearance in New Britain Superior Court on July 7 when he was scheduled to answer to a charge tied to an arrest in March after he took an Uber to ESPN’s headquarters on Middle Street in Bristol and allegedly threw a brick onto its campus with a note attached that said it’s about time the company realized the effect “media has on all family members,” police wrote in the incident report.

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