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Ex-Patriots player due in court in 2012 killings

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BOSTON (AP) Former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez is due in court to be arraigned on murder charges for allegedly gunning down two men in 2012 after a chance encounter inside a Boston nightclub.

Hernandez is scheduled to appear in Suffolk Superior Court Wednesday afternoon in the shooting deaths of Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado. A third man was wounded.

Hernandez already faces charges in the 2013 murder of semi-pro football player Odin Lloyd. He was released by the Patriots last summer after his arrest in Lloyd's shooting death.

Authorities have not said if there is any connection between the 2012 killings and Lloyd's slaying. Lloyd was dating a sister of Hernandez's fiancee.

His lawyers have said he is looking forward to proving his innocence.

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