Dennis “DJ” Hernandez, the brother of the late NFL player Aaron Hernandez, was accused of making threats against the University of Connecticut, Brown University, as well as other people so local police needed to go out and made sure he did not hurt anybody.
“D.J.” Hernandez repeatedly told police approaching him to shoot him as they demanded he get down on the ground. Footage from Bristol Police Department body cameras on July 19th show Hernandez being hit with a tazer and falling to the ground as he screams.
Hernandez continued to advance toward cops as he told them to ‘shoot me.’ He also appeared to have a water bottle in his hand as he stated, “I’m not armed, but shoot me.”
While being handcuffed, he told cops “No one listens. I don’t do this s***” … before he added, “I need your help.”
An investigation started after a woman contacted police and said Hernandez had been displaying “very erratic behavior” and she was concerned that he might try to hurt someone. A victim who police spoke with told them that Hernandez is “extremely sick and” that his mental health is deteriorating, the arrest warrant says.
The woman said that another lady had gotten text messages from Hernandez and he had threatened to fly to Florida and kill her, the arrest warrant application says. She said the messages from Hernandez said, “we’re taking lives if (expletive) isn’t paid up. It’s been years in the planning just taking notes, names, and locations. They talked their way into this and it’s almost gone.”
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Bristol, Connecticut police charged him with threatening and breach of peace in the second degree. Hernandez is due in court next week for a hearing on the matter.
Hernandez played college football at UConn and he served as the quarterbacks coach for Brown’s football team for one season, in the 2011-12 academic year.
