Judge denies ex-NFL star’s bid to delay double murder trial
BOSTON — A man who survived a deadly 2012 drive-by shooting in Boston identified former New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez in court on Tuesday as the one who pulled the trigger.
The judge presiding over the upcoming murder trial also denied a bid by Hernandez’s lawyer to push back the February start.
Prosecutors asked Raychides Sanches during Tuesday’s pretrial hearing to describe the chaotic scene the night of July 16, 2012.
Sanches said he had been a passenger in a car stopped at a light in the city’s South End when an SUV pulled up. He said someone from the SUV said “What’s up, negroes?” and then gunfire erupted.