News Trend: Aaron Hernandez charged in 2012 double homicide

Former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez appears at a bail hearing on Thursday, June 27, in Fall River Superior Court in Fall River, Massachusetts. He was denied bail and is charged with murder in the death of semipro football player Odin Lloyd.

(CNN) -- Former New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez -- already charged in the 2013 slaying of a semipro football player -- is expected to be indicted Thursday in connection with a 2012 Boston double homicide, a law enforcement source with knowledge of the case said.

A grand jury had been looking into whether Hernandez played a role in the drive-by shooting that killed Daniel Abreu and Safiro Furtado in July 2012, according to law enforcement sources. Authorities said Abreu and Furtado were in a BMW outside a Boston nightclub when they were shot. A Bristol County, Massachusetts, grand jury indicted former NFL player Aaron Hernandez on a first-degree murder charge, as well as five weapons charges, on August 22. The former New England Patriots' tight end was arrested in the shooting death of his friend Odin Lloyd in June. Hernandez has pleaded not guilty. Here's a look at other professional athletes who have been charged with murder. Some have been able to create new lives in the free world. Others are incarcerated.Photos: Athletes charged with murder

That 2012 shooting is separate from a 2013 killing in which Hernandez, 24, was arrested and charged last summer. Hernandez was arrested in June and charged with first-degree murder and weapons charges in connection with the June 17 shooting death of 27-year-old semipro football player Odin Lloyd in North Attleboro, Massachusetts.

CNN's Susan Candiotti and Laura Dolan contributed to this report.

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