Aaron Hernandez has been charged with the double-murder of two Boston men in July 2012. The former NFL star has recently been indicted in the said killings, Washington Post has learned.

According to reports, Aaron Hernandez, former New England Patriots tight end, has been indicted by a grand jury on two charges of first-degree murder that killed two men in Boston's South End.

Additionally, Hernandez was also indicted of three counts of armed assault with intent to murder, and another count of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.

Suffolk District Attorney Daniel F. Conley announced the charges against the former NFL player in a press conference Thursday morning.

The two slayed men were identified as Daniel Abreu and Safiro Furtado, and both were reportedly shot to death on July 16, 2012 while stopped at a traffic light, Boston.com reported.

"For us this case was never about Aaron Hernandez," Conley said. "This case was about two victims who were stalked, ambushed, and senselessly murdered on the streets of the city they called home."

Described as a "chance encounter," investigators believed that what took place at Cure Lounge, a club in the Theatre District - the place where the two men and Hernandez reportedly met before the killings - could have triggered the bloody outcome.

Conley said that upon leaving the club with a car, Abreu and Furtado found themselves in a compromising situation when an SUV driven by Aaron Hernandez pulled up next to them. That's when the NFL star reportedly shot the two men multiple times.

Documents revealed that Hernandez pulled the trigger at the corner of Shawmut Avenue and Herald Street.

Prosecutors said Aaron Hernandez did not actually know either of the two victims, and initial media reports even linked the said killings to a local Boston gang.

The new charges, along with scores of court documents showing Hernandez's potential links to several other shootings in recent years, suggest an increasingly notorious image of the man, who was once celebrated as one of the nation's most promising up-and-coming athletes.