By Mark Arsenault and Meghan Irons Globe Staff
Video images taken early Monday morning appear to show New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez together on Fayston Street in Boston with a Dorchester man whose bullet ridden body was discovered later that day in a North Attleborough industrial park near Hernandez s house according to two law enforcement officials.
Hernandez an up and coming NFL star is not cooperating with the police according to a law enforcement official with direct knowledge of the investigation.
Existence of the video evidence and a second video showing Hernandez later that morning in North Attleboro came to light Thursday as police continued to search the industrial park where the body of Odin L. Lloyd 27 an acquaintance of Hernandez and a semi pro football player was discovered. The source of the videos was not immediately clear.
He was killed where they found the body said one law enforcement official. He was shot multiple times.
Investigators have not declared Hernandez a suspect though police moved swiftly to speak to him after Lloyd was found slain. State police searched Hernandez s sprawling home on Tuesday. On Wednesday and Thursday they scoured the site where Lloyd was found dead looking for shell casings said two officials.
Investigators are trying to discern a possible motive as they continue to work to build a case said one official.
Reporters have staked out Hernandez s home for days as questions continue to build about his connection to Lloyd.
In a surreal scene uncannily reminiscent of OJ Simpson s infamous white Bronco chase 19 years ago this week TV news helicopters on Thursday trailed Hernandez s white SUV from the sky following him from his home to Gillette Stadium in nearby Foxborough and to his lawyer s office in Boston. He declined to speak to a surge of media when he stopped at a gas station.
An attorney for Hernandez Michael Fee emerged around 8 p.m. from the mall entrance to Ropes Gray a law firm in the Prudential Center. As a small group of reporters followed him asking questions he said his client had left the building though did not say when. He declined to comment on the substance of the meeting.
Fee did not return a call and email seeking comment.
Meanwhile in Florida lawyers for a man who claims Hernandez shot him in February leaving him disfigured and half blind re filed a federal lawsuit seeking damages against the football player. The case originally filed last week had been withdrawn on Monday so that an error could be fixed in the text of the complaint. .
Alexander Bradley 30 of East Hartford claims in the suit that Hernandez pointed a gun at him after an argument in a Miami strip club and either intentionally or through negligence fired.
On Fayston Street where Lloyd s family lives at the edge of Blue Hill Avenue grief arrived in twos and threes as mourners stopped by on Thursday.
His family which has roots in Antigua placed several of Lloyd s sports trophies on the rail of their front porch. A framed photograph set amid the trophies showed Lloyd in blue football uniform with what appears to be the number 82.
Grieving neighbors and family were filled with disbelief and questions about Lloyd s death and the connection to Hernandez.
Maria Cramer Wesley Lowery Travis Anderson and Brian Ballou of the Globe staff and Globe correspondent Nikita Lalwani and Colin Young contributed to this report. Mark Arsenault can be reached at marsenault globe.com. Follow him on Twitter bostonglobemark Meghan Irons can be reached at mirons globe.com. Follow her on Twitter meghanirons.
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