WOBURN, Mass. -- A judge has asked the jury in the trial of a New Hampshire man charged with killing his ex-lover's husband and another man to keep deliberating after the panel reported it was deadlocked.
Judge Kathe Tuttman on Tuesday morning read the jury the "Rodriguez charge," which encourages the jury to try to reach a verdict. The Middlesex Superior Court panel resumed deliberations shortly afterward.
The jury began considering murder charges against 46-year-old Sean Fitzpatrick on Thursday.
Prosecutors say Fitzpatrick, of Freedom, N.H., shot 39-year-old Michael Zammitti Jr. in March 2006 after Zammitti's wife, Michelle, ended their affair.
Chester Roberts, who worked with Zammitti, was shot when he walked in just after Zammitti was killed at Allstate Concrete Pumping in Wakefield.
Fitzpatrick told the jury he had nothing to do with the killings.
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