On Wednesday, April 19, 2017, Aaron Hernandez, former tight end for the New England Patriots, committed suicide in his jail cell at Souza Baranowski Correctional Center in Massachusetts after serving 4 years in Prison.

According to the Massachusetts Department of Corrections, Hernandez hanged himself from a window in his cell with a bedsheet shortly after three in the morning. He had also used various objects to try and jam his cell door in order to block anyone from entering. However, prison staff were able to get in and perform emergency techniques. Hernandez was then transported to the UMass hospital in Leominster, Massachusetts where he was pronounced dead at 4:07 the same morning.

The ex-tight end was serving a life sentence for the June 2013 killing of Odin Lloyd and had just been found innocent of double murder charges on Friday, April 14, according to CNN.

Christopher Fallon, spokesman for the Department of Correction, said that officials had no reason to think that Hernandez would take his life or else he would have been moved to a mental health unit. Hernandez’s family and lawyer were also shocked by the news, according to ESPN.

“There were no conversations or correspondence from Aaron to his family or legal team that would have indicated anything like this was possible. Aaron was looking forward to an opportunity for a second chance to prove his innocence. Those who love and care about him are heartbroken and determined to find the truth surrounding his untimely death,” said Jose Baez, Hernandez’s lawyer, in a statement released following Hernandez’s death.

Baez has requested that the Massachusetts State Police conduct a “transparent and thorough investigation.”