Disgraced former football star Aaron Hernandez was found not guilty of killing two Boston men in 2012.
Hernandez's trial lasted five weeks and jury members deliberated for six days before delivering the not guilty verdicts.
The other charges against Hernandez included armed assault with intent to murder, assault and battery with a risky weapon. He was found guilty of first-degree murder, which in the state of MA carries an automatic life in person without parole sentence as well as five gun possession charges.
Mr Hernandez is already serving a life sentence for the 2013 murder of Odin Lloyd, who was dating the sister of Mr Hernandez's fiancee.
"We are extraordinarily thankful to the jury", Mr Sullivan said. Finally, he was acquitted in the shooting of the third victim who survived and testified against Hernandez.
Hernandez leaned across Bradley and fired five shots into the other vehicle, Bradley testified.
Hernandez faces two counts of first-degree murder in the shootings of Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado in Boston's South End on July 16, 2012. Defense attorney Ronald Sullivan Jr. remarked that the only thing that Aaron Hernandez was guilty of was hanging out "with a very bad guy in Alexander Bradley".
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Prosecutors said it happened after the American football star became enraged that one of the men had bumped into him causing him to spill his drink.
In closing statements, prosecutors presented Hernandez as a cold-blooded killer who committed an act of "senseless violence" by firing into a packed auto.
The prosecution's case was light on forensics, and relied heavily on testimony from Bradley, who said he was with Hernandez during the fatal shooting.
Defense attorneys said they had a hard time getting the subpoena in Belichick's hands, and decided that his testimony was not critical to their case. Bradley lost his right eye.
While Hernandez dealt with the legal proceedings against him, the Patriots moved quickly to release him from the roster and cut all ties that year.
Prosecutors presented some evidence that contradicted parts of Bradley's testimony. He believed the police were following him with a helicopter.
Prosecutors introduced evidence at trial that Hernandez got a tattoo that memorialized the double slaying.
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