BOSTON - Former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez pleaded not guilty Wednesday to two murder charges for allegedly ambushing and gunning down two men in 2012 after a chance encounter inside a Boston nightclub. (Associated Press) 
 
 "I think I got one in the head and one in the chest," Hernandez said to a friend as they fled the scene in an SUV, prosecutors told the court at the former star's arraignment. A third man was also wounded in the 2012 incident. In January, the Hartford Courant reported that a search warrant indicated that surveillance video showed Hernandez and a man named Alexander Bradley at the same nightclub in Boston as Furtado and de Abreu the night of their killings. They were standing at the edge of the dance floor when de Abreu accidentally bumped into Hernandez, smiled at him and did not apologize, according to prosecutors. The defendant became angered and increasingly agitated, particularly after Mr. de Abreu smiled and did not apologize," Haggan said, adding that there was no argument or physical confrontation between de Abreu and Hernandez. Hernandez and his friend then crossed the street to another nightclub, where Hernandez thought he saw de Abreu and his friends come in, according to Haggan. Haggan said that Hernandez believed de Abreu followed him to the second nightclub and was targeting and disrespecting him. When de Abreu and Furtado did eventually leave the club, Haggan said Hernandez followed them in an SUV and pulled up alongside them as their vehicle stopped at a red light. "In fact, none of the victims recognized the defendant as someone they had seen before, either in person or otherwise," Haggan said. Hernandez leaned out the driver's side, said "Yo, what's up now," followed by a racial slur, then fired at least five shots into the car, killing de Abreu and Furtado, and injuring a man sitting in the back seat, Haggan said. After Haggan's statement, Hernandez's attorney Charles Rankin complained to Clerk Magistrate Gary Wilson that the jury pool will be tainted by prosecutors laying out the details of the murder case in front of a large group of media. A family member of one of the victims sobbed loudly as Hernandez entered his not guilty plea to charges of first-degree murder, armed assault with intent to murder and assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon. Hernandez, 24, was released by the Patriots last summer after he was charged in the June 17 killing of semi-pro football player Odin Lloyd, who was dating a sister of Hernandez's fiancee. Lloyd's body was found in an industrial area near Hernandez's home in North Attleborough. Hernandez's lawyers have said he is looking forward to proving his innocence.
– He was a star player on a star NFL team, so what could possibly have turned Aaron Hernandez into a murderer? In laying out their case against Hernandez today in a 2012 drive-by slaying that left two men dead, prosecutors offered this scene from a Boston nightclub: "Shortly thereafter, Daneil de Abreu, while dancing nearby, accidentally bumped into the defendant, causing the defendant's drink to partially spill. The defendant became angered and increasingly agitated, particularly after Mr. de Abreu smiled and did not apologize." Yes, a spilled drink, reports AP and CBS News. Prosecutors say Hernandez and a friend waited for the victims to leave the bar, then pulled up alongside their car. Hernandez allegedly said, "Yo, what's up now," opened fire, and told his friend, "I think I got one in the head and one in the chest" as they sped away. Prosecutors say he was right. Hernandez pleaded not guilty today. He also faces murder charges in the slaying of another man the following year.