‘Shoot me!’ Dramatic video captures Aaron Hernandez’s brother beneath arrest after he allegedly plotted college shootings

Dramatic video captured the brother of late soccer star and convicted assassin Aaron Hernandez shouting at cops to shoot him as they arrested him for allegedly plotting to shoot up two college campuses.

Three officers are seen surrounding Dennis “D.J.” Hernandez — who’s sporting a yellow hat, black Nike sweatshirt and black pants — exterior his Bristol residence on July 19.

“Shoot me! Shoot me!” Hernandez shouts as he ignores instructions to “get down in your knees” and “get on the bottom,” the footage posted by Fox 61 reveals.

One cop then approaches him from behind and fires a stun gun, which knocks the suspect down.

“I would like your assist,” Hernandez is heard saying. One of many officers replies that’s what they had been there for.

Bristol police spokesman Lt. Geoffrey Lund mentioned that the raid passed off at 1:43 p.m., however time stamps on the bodycam video point out it occurred about 8:35 a.m., according to Connecticut Insider.

Police performing on a visit known as Hernandez on the telephone earlier and advised him to give up – however he advised them that they “higher be prepared” as a result of he was ready to struggle, Lund mentioned.

Hernandez additionally claimed he was armed and would shoot any officer who got here close to him, Lund mentioned, including that the suspect then received off the telephone and went exterior.

The arrest — Hernandez’s fourth this yr – got here after police acquired stories he was planning assaults at Brown College and the College of Connecticut.

A witness believed to be his ex-girlfriend advised authorities that he borrowed her automobile on July 7 to attend a courtroom date, however as a substitute drove to the UConn and Brown campuses to “‘map the faculties out,’” the arrest warrant acknowledged.

“[Hernandez] mentioned that ‘he has a bullet for everybody,’” the witness claimed, including that she believes he was “extraordinarily sick.”

Hernandez allegedly made a number of threatening posts on social media on the day of his arrest.

“‘Will I kill? Completely. I’ve warned my enemies so pay upfront,’” the final line of one in every of his posts learn.

Hernandez particularly talked about UConn, the place he had performed faculty soccer.

“UConn program goes to pay until I’ve a package deal deal and I get my property and each single factor I’ve labored for,” he reportedly wrote.

Hernandez was charged with second-degree breach of peace and bodily threats. He’s being held on a $250,000 bond.

He was first arrested this yr when he led police on a pursuit after which was nabbed a second time a number of days later when he threw a bag with a brick and a hand-written note at ESPN’s Bristol outpost.

He was arrested a third time this month when he missed a courtroom date involving the ESPN incident.

Dennis and Aaron had been each star highschool soccer gamers in Bristol. 

Aaron performed for the New England Patriots however his promising profession imploded in 2013 when he was arrested – and later convicted – of the homicide of semi-professional soccer participant Odin Lloyd.

On April 19, 2017 – whereas dealing with each a life with out parole sentence and accusations of involvement in different murders – he took his personal life in his jail cell.

In his 2018 e book “The Fact About Aaron: My Journey to Perceive My Brother,” Dennis wrote that each he and Aaron had been bodily abused by their dad rising up.