Hometown of Aaron Hernandez reacting to news of his suicide

LIVE AT GILLETTE, AA, 22NEWS
JULIANA:
WE CONTINUE WITH OUR TEAM
COVERAGE FROM THE CONNECTICUT
CITY WHERE AARON HERNANDEZ GREW
UP.
22NEWS REPORTER TASHANEA WHITLOW
IS LIVE IN BRISTOL, CONNECTICUT,
RETRACING THE PLAYER'S EARLY
CHILDHOOD.
TASHANEA:
22NEWS KNOCKED ON THE DOOR OF
HIS HOUSE BEHIND ME.
A WOMAN WHO WAS CRYING ANSWERED
THE DOOR.
SHE DECLINED TO TALK WITH US,
BUT SHE DID CONFIRM THAT
HERNANDEZ SPENT TIME THERE.
THIS POWDER BLUE HOUSE ON LAKE
AVE IS WHERE AARON HERNANDEZ
SPENT
PART OF HIS EARLY LIFE.
FOOTBALL BECAME IMPORTANT TO HIM
AT AN EARLY AGE.
HERNANDEZ PRACTICED AT CASEY
FOOTBALL FIELD ACROSS THE
STREET.
THE SKILLS HE DEVELOPED WOULD
TAKE HIM FROM THIS FIELD TO
GILLETTE
STADIUM.
DESPITE HIS SUCCESS WITH THE NEW
ENGLAND PATRIOTS, HERNANDEZ GOT
IN
TROUBLE OFF THE FIELD IN
TROUBLE.
HIS CAREER WAS CUT SHORT BY HIS
CONVICTION FOR MURDERING ODIN
LLOYED IN 2015.
PEOPLE HERE IN HIS HOME TOWN
WERE SHOCKED TO HEAR HE'D BEEN
FOUND
DEAD IN HIS CELL, AN APPARENT
SUICIDE..
EMMANUEL BARRACATO:
I THOUGHT IT WAS SAD. IT WAS TOO
BAD HE DIDN'T
HAVE SOMEBODY TO TALK TOO.
OR THAT HE DIDN'T HAVE ANYBODY
TO REACH OUT,
BECAUSE I'VE BEEN
THERE MYSELF AND PEOPLE HAVE
HELPED ME OUT AND
GOT ME THRU IT.
TASHANEA:
22NEWS DID REACH OUT TO THE
HERNANDEZ FAMILY, BUT THEY
DECLINED TO
COMMENT.
::
A WOMAN TOLD 22NEWS, HERNANDEZ'
UNCLE STILL RESIDES AT THE HOME.
LATER ON ON 22NEWS WE'LL TALK TO
A MAN WHO USED TO CUT HERNADEZ'
HAIR
BEFORE BIG GAMES.
WHERE HERNANDEZ BECAME A STAR.
BARRY:
CONTINUING OUR LIVE TEAM
COVERAGE, WE ARE HEARING FROM
PEOPLE WHO KNEW
AARON HERNANDEZ BEFORE HE
PLAYED IN THE NFL.
22NEWS REPORTER
TASHANEA WHITLOW JOINS US LIVE
FROM BRISTOL, CONNECTICUT AFTER
SPEAKING WITH A MAN WHO USE CUT
HERNANDEZ' HAIR BEFORE HIS BIG
GAMES.
TASHANEA:
JOSE CARTAGENA OF CREATIVE CUTS
TOLD 22NEWS, HERNANDEZ WAS A
FREQUENT
CUSTOMER OF THE BARBERSHOP FROM
HIS HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL DAYS TO
PLAYING IN THE NFL.
THIS IS WHERE FORMER NEW ENGLAND
PATRIOT AARON HERNANDEZ
CAME TO RELAX AND GET HIS
HAIRCUT.
ACCORDING TO BABERSHOP OWNER
JOSE CARTAGENA, FROM THE TIME
THE
BARBERSHOP OPENED, HERNANDEZ WAS
A LOYAL CUSTOMER.
IN HIS EARLY YEARS, THE FOOTBALL
STAR WOULD VISIT THE BARBERSHOP
WITH HIS
DAD AND BROTHER.
AND ALL THREE MEN WOULD GET
THEIR HAIR CUTS HERE.
AND DESPITE GOING TO THE NFL IN
2010, HERNANDEZ CONTINUED TO
VISIT
THE BARBERSHOP OF HIS YOUTH.
IN 2006, WHEN HERNANDEZ' DAD
PASSED AWAY, HE ASKED HIS
BARBER, TO
GIVE HIM A HAIRCUT THAT WOULD
HONOR HIS FATHER.
JOSE CARTAGENA: I DO REMEMBER
ONE OF HIS BIG
GAMES, I HAD GAVE HIM A HAIRCUT
AND I HAD CARVED
IN, "#1 DAD," IN THE BACK OF HIS
HEAD. THAT WAS
PROBABLY HE WAS PLAYING
FOOTBALL.
TASHANEA:
CARTAGENA SAID, KIDS IDOLED
HERNANDEZ.
AND TO THEM, HE WAS A SUPERSTAR.
TASHANEA:
CARTAGENA TOLD 22NEWS, DESPITE
HERNANDEZ'S MURDER CONVICTION,
HE WAS A
MAN WHO WAS RESPECTED BY MANY IN
LIVE AT GILLETTE STADIUM
BARRY:
FOOTBALL FANS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY, INCLUDING IN AARON
HERNANDEZ
HOME STATE OF CONNECTICUT WERE
SHOCKED TO HEAR AARON TOOK HIS
OWN
LIFE.
22NEWS REPORTER TASHANEA WHITLOW
IS LIVE IN BRISTOL, CONNECTICUT
WHERE
THE FORMER TIGHT-END GREW UP.
TASHANEA WHITLOW:
PEOPLE HERE ARE NOT ONLY
REMEMBERING THE MAN, BUT THE
PLAYER.
IF YOU GO ANYWHERE IN BRISTOL,
CONNECTICUT, THERE ISN'T ONE
PERSON,
WHO IS NOT FAMILIAR WITH AARON
HERNDANDEZ.
THIS LOCAL STAR WAS ALREADY A
PROMISING ATHLETE IN HIGH
SCHOOL.
HERNANDEZ WAS RECORD SETTING
FOOTBALL PLAYER AT BRISTOL
CENTRAL
HIGH.
HE WAS NAMED CONNECTICUT'S
GATORADE PLAYER OF THE YEAR IN
2006.
AND WAS NAMED AN ALL AMERICAN
TIGHT END.
ORLANDO CRUZ:
WHEN HE GOT THE BALL YOU DIDN'T
KNOW WHAT HE
WOULD DO WITH IT.
JUST UNPREDICTABLE. BIG GUY,
POWERFUL, FAST. HE
JUST REALLY LIT UP THE FIELD.
TASHANEA WHITLOW:
HERNANDEZ STILL HAS FAMILY IN
BRISTOL. WE TRIED TO TALK TO
THEM TODAY BUT THEY

Hometown of Aaron Hernandez reacting to news of his suicide

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