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shootings across NYC According to police sources, Hernandez was at the corner of
Fifth Avenue and 50th Street around 5:45 p.m. Aug. 18 when
he lost the dough and jewelry while playing the game.

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the Palace Hotel on Madison Avenue. He ended up chasing the men on foot, sources said.

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One of his priors involved a 2015 Bronx bodega shooting. Hernandez was offered a plea deal in the case that would
have spared him jail time.
Richard Harbus for The New York Post

One of the men dropped Hernandez’s cash and gold chain while running, prompting Hernandez to pick up
the items and flee, sources said. The men who were shot at were eventually taken into custody on
unrelated open warrants, sources said.

Cops are now pursuing Hernandez on a warrant for the shooting, sources said.

Hernandez is no stranger to the criminal-justice system.

Hernandez swiftly became a cause celebrity for criminal-justice advocates and was eventually bailed out of jail.
Steven Hirsch

In April 2019, Hernandez was then arrested and charged in a Bronx robbery with three accomplices, with the victim
suffering a gash to his face that required 15 stitches.
Richard Harbus for The New York Post

He has the three open gun cases still hanging over him, all offenses dating to 2019, records show. The
busts were among the more than 15 arrests he had on his record by that time.

One of his priors involved a 2015 Bronx bodega shooting. Hernandez was offered a plea deal in the case
that would have spared him jail time, but he balked, claiming his innocence, and in 2017 began spending
a year on Rikers Island while held on $250,000 bail for the crime.

He swiftly became a cause celebrity for criminal-justice advocates and was eventually bailed out of jail on
a reduced amount of $100,000 by the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Foundation. The charges against
him were eventually dropped after a key witness refused to cooperate.

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NYPD investigates the scene of a chase and shooting that occurred near St. Patrick's Cathedral at 50th St. and
Madison Avenue in Manhattan on Aug 28.
Daniel William McKnight

In April 2019, Hernandez was then arrested and charged in a Bronx robbery with three accomplices , with
the victim suffering a gash to his face that required 15 stitches. Hernandez was released after posting
$15,000 bail. The case against him is still pending.

Hernandez has insisted that cops are picking on him and were targeting him — and has a pending lawsuit
against the city and the NYPD claiming false arrest.

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The Bronx Defenders’ Office, which represents Hernandez in his open cases, could not be reached for
comment Sunday.

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