Former New England Patriots football player Aaron Hernandez, who was serving life without parole for murder, committed suicide Wednesday morning in prison, the Massachusetts Department of Correction said in a statement.
Hernandez, who was sentenced for the fatal 2013 shooting of semi-professional football player Odin Lloyd, was found hanged in his cell at the Souza Baranowski Correctional Center in Massachusetts around 3:05 a.m., according to the statement.
Hernandez “attempted to block his door from the inside by jamming the door with various items,” the statement added. Corrections officers attempted to revive him and transported him to UMass Leominster, where he was pronounced dead about an hour later.