Shortly after Aaron Hernandez was charged with murder in connection with the fatal shooting of Odin Lloyd TMZ shared an image on Twitter of the former New England Patriots tight end with a handgun that didn't do him any favors in the court of public opinion.
Citing an unnamed source TMZ Sports reported that the photo seen below was taken in 2009 in Gainesville while Hernandez was a student at the University of Florida. The Patriots drafted Hernandez out of Florida in the fourth round of the 2010 NFL Draft.
Along with being charged with murder Hernandez also faces five weapons count according to The Associated Press. These charges were revealed during an arraignment on Wednesday several hours after he was taken into police custody at his home in Attleborough Mass.
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Loading Slideshow Aaron HernandezFormer New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez left stands with his attorney Michael Fee right during arraignment in Attleboro District Court Wednesday June 26 in Attleboro Mass. Hernandez was charged with murdering Odin Lloyd a 27 year old semi pro football player for the Boston Bandits whose body was found June 17 in an industrial park in North Attleborough Mass. (AP Photo/The Sun Chronicle Mike George Pool)
Aaron HernandezFormer New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez left is led into Attleboro District Court for arraignment Wednesday June 26 in Attleboro Mass. Hernandez was charged with murdering Odin Lloyd a 27 year old semi pro football player for the Boston Bandits whose body was found June 17 in an industrial park in North Attleborough Mass. (AP Photo/The Sun Chronicle Keith Nordstrom) MANDATORY CREDIT. MAGS OUT. PROVIDENCE JOURNAL OUT.
Aaron HernandezFormer New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez center is led away as his attorney Michael Fee speaks to him right after arraignment in Attleboro District Court Wednesday June 26 in Attleboro Mass. Hernandez was charged with murdering Odin Lloyd a 27 year old semi pro football player for the Boston Bandits whose body was found June 17 in an industrial park in North Attleborough Mass. (AP Photo/The Sun Chronicle Mike George Pool)
Aaron HernandezFormer New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez left stands with his attorney Michael Fee right during arraignment in Attleboro District Court Wednesday June 26 in Attleboro Mass. Hernandez was charged with murdering Odin Lloyd a 27 year old semi pro football player for the Boston Bandits whose body was found June 17 in an industrial park in North Attleborough Mass. (AP Photo/The Sun Chronicle Mike George Pool)
Aaron HernandezFormer New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez left stands with his attorney Michael Fee right during arraignment in Attleboro District Court Wednesday June 26 in Attleboro Mass. Hernandez was charged with murdering Odin Lloyd a 27 year old semi pro football player for the Boston Bandits whose body was found June 17 in an industrial park in North Attleborough Mass. (AP Photo/The Sun Chronicle Mike George Pool)
Aaron HernandezFormer New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez left stands with his attorney Michael Fee right during arraignment in Attleboro District Court Wednesday June 26 in Attleboro Mass. Hernandez was charged with murdering Odin Lloyd a 27 year old semi pro football player for the Boston Bandits whose body was found June 17 in an industrial park in North Attleborough Mass. (AP Photo/The Sun Chronicle Mike George Pool)
Aaron HernandezMichael Fee defense attorney for former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez speaks to the media outside Attleboro District Court after Hernandez was arraigned Wednesday June 26 2013 in Attleboro Mass. Hernandez was charged with murdering Odin Lloyd a 27 year old semi pro football player for the Boston Bandits whose body was found June 17 in an industrial park in North Attleborough Mass. (AP Photo/The Sun Chronicle Mark Stockwell) MANDATORY CREDIT MAGS OUT PROVIDENCE JOURNAL OUT
In this image taken from video police escort Aaron Hernandez from his home in handcuffs in Attleboro Mass. Wednesday June 26 2013. Hernandez was taken from his home more than a week after a Boston semi pro football player was found dead in an industrial park a mile from Hernandez's house. (AP Photo/ESPN) MANDATORY CREDIT
In this image taken from video police escort Aaron Hernandez from his home in handcuffs in Attleboro Mass. Wednesday June 26 2013. Hernandez was taken from his home more than a week after a Boston semi pro football player was found dead in an industrial park a mile from Hernandez's house. (AP Photo/ESPN)
In this image taken from video police escort Aaron Hernandez from his home in handcuffs in Attleboro Mass. Wednesday June 26 2013. Hernandez was taken from his home more than a week after a Boston semi pro football player was found dead in an industrial park a mile from Hernandez's house. (AP Photo/ESPN)
In this image taken from video police escort Aaron Hernandez from his home in handcuffs in Attleboro Mass. Wednesday June 26 2013. Hernandez was taken from his home more than a week after a Boston semi pro football player was found dead in an industrial park a mile from Hernandez's house. (AP Photo/ESPN)
Aaron HernandezFormer New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez arrives for arraignment at Attleboro District Court Wednesday June 26 in Attleboro Mass. It wasn't clear what charges were being filed against him. Less than two hours after his arrest the Patriots announced they had cut him from the team. Odin Lloyd a 27 year old semi pro football player for the Boston Bandits was found slain June 17 near Hernandez's home in North Attleborough. (AP Photo/The Sun Chronicle Mark Stockwell) MANDATORY CREDIT
State police continue their search for evidence Monday June 24 2013 along Homeward Lane the access road into Westwood Estates where New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez resides In North Attleboro Mass. Hernandez is being questioned about the murder of Odin Lloyd 27 of Boston whose body was found about a mile from the athlete's house last week. (AP Photo/The Attleboro Sun Chronicle Mark Stockwell ) PROVIDENCE JOURNAL OUT
Law enforcement officers wearing wetsuits emerge from bushes during a search for evidence along a road near the home of New England Patriot's NFL football player Aaron Hernandez Monday June 24 2013 in North Attleborough Mass. The body of Odin Lloyd a 27 year old semi pro football player for the Boston Bandits was found in a nearby industrial park on June 17. (AP Photo/The Sun Chronicle Mark Stockwell) MANDATORY CREDIT
In this image taken from video a police officer photographs a car outside the home of New England Patriots football player Aaron Hernandez Saturday June 22 2013 in North Attleboro Mass. State police officers and dogs searched Hernandez's home as they investigate the killing of Odin Lloyd a semi pro football player whose body was found nearby. (AP Photo/ESPN)
In this image taken from video police officers talk outside of the home of New England Patriots football player Aaron Hernandez Saturday June 22 2013 in North Attleboro Mass. State police officers and dogs searched Hernandez's home as they investigate the killing of Odin Lloyd a semi pro football player whose body was found nearby. (AP Photo/ESPN)
In this image taken from video police search a car outside the home of New England Patriots football player Aaron Hernandez Saturday June 22 2013 in North Attleboro Mass. State police officers and dogs searched Hernandez's home as they investigate the killing of Odin Lloyd a semi pro football player whose body was found nearby. (AP Photo/ESPN)
In this image taken from video a state police officer and dog arrive outside the home of New England Patriots football player Aaron Hernandez Saturday June 22 2013 in North Attleboro Mass. State police searched Hernandez's home as they investigate the killing of Odin Lloyd a semi pro football player whose body was found nearby. (AP Photo/ESPN)
In this image taken from video police officers talk outside the home of New England Patriots football player Aaron Hernandez Saturday June 22 2013 in North Attleboro Mass. State police officers and dogs searched Hernandez's home as they investigate the killing of Odin Lloyd a semi pro football player whose body was found nearby. (AP Photo/ESPN)
Odin LloydThis Dec. 25 2012 photo taken by a sister and provided by the Boston Bandits football team shows Odin Lloyd 27 whose body was found Monday June 17 2013 in an industrial park in North Attleborough Mass. about a mile from the house of New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez. (AP Photo/Lloyd family via the Boston Bandits )
New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez drives from his home late Thursday morning June 20 2013 in North Attleborough Mass. Hernandez had a connection to homicide victim Odin Lloyd of Boston whose body was found in an industrial park near the athlete's home. Family and officials were mum on the nature of their relationship Thursday two days after police visited Hernandez' home. (AP Photo/The Sun Chronicle Mark Stockwell) MANDATORY CREDIT. MAGAZINES OUT.
Massachusetts State Police dig for evidence Thursday June 20 2013 at the sight in an industrial park in North Attleborough Mass. where the body of Odin Lloyd of Boston was found earlier this week. New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez had a connection Lloyd but family and officials were mum on the nature of their relationship Thursday two days after police visited Hernandez' home. (AP Photo/The Sun Chronicle Mark Stockwell) MANDATORY CREDIT. MAGAZINES OUT.
New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez drives from his home late Thursday morning June 20 2013 in North Attleborough Mass. Hernandez had a connection to homicide victim Odin Lloyd of Boston whose body was found in an industrial park near the athlete's home. Family and officials were mum on the nature of their relationship Thursday two days after police visited Hernandez' home. (AP Photo/The Sun Chronicle Mark Stockwell) MANDATORY CREDIT. MAGAZINES OUT.
Massachusetts State Police search along a road near the home of New England Patriot's NFL football player Aaron Hernandez in North Attleborough Mass. Wednesday June 19 2013. Police spent a second day at Hernandez' home on Wednesday two days after a body was found about a mile away. (AP Photo/Erika Niedowski)
Two members of the Massachusetts State Police walk toward the front door of the home of New England Patriot's NFL football player Aaron Hernandez in North Attleborough Mass. Wednesday June 19 2013. Their knock on the door went unanswered. State and local police spent hours at the home Tuesday as another group of officers searched an industrial park about a mile away where a body was discovered the day before. (AP Photo/Erika Niedowski)
Aaron HernandezFamily of Odin Lloyd react during the arraignment of former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez in Attleboro District Court Wednesday June 26 in Attleboro Mass. Hernandez was charged with murdering Lloyd a 27 year old semi pro football player for the Boston Bandits whose body was found June 17 in an industrial park in North Attleborough Mass. (AP Photo/The Sun Chronicle Mike George Pool)
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