FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) — A shell casing found in a car rented by ex-New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez and at the scene of a killing near his home were fired from the same weapon, a state police sergeant testified Wednesday.

Five shell casings were found near where Odin Lloyd was shot to death June 17, 2013, in an industrial park not far from the Hernandez home in North Attleborough. An employee of a rental car business has previously testified that she found one shell casing under the driver’s seat of Hernandez’s rented Nissan Altima, which he returned the day of the killing.

Police later found that shell casing in a trash bin at the business.

Sgt. Stephen Walsh testified Wednesday that his examination determined all six .45-caliber casings were fired by the same gun. He said they were consistent with having been fired from a Glock.

The murder weapon has never been found.

During cross-examination, the defense went after Walsh for not looking more thoroughly for ways to match the bullets, such as by contacting the manufacturer or by checking a national database for comparing bullets.

New district attorney in Aaron Hernandez trial sworn in

FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) — A new district attorney has been sworn in to oversee the murder trial of former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez and other cases in southeastern Massachusetts.

New Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III was sworn in Wednesday by Gov. Charlie Baker Wednesday in Fall River.

Quinn was appointed to the post last month after his predecessor, Sam Sutter, was elected mayor of Fall River. He was first appointed as acting DA by outgoing Democratic Gov. Deval Patrick, then permanently appointed by Baker, a Republican.

Quinn took over the district attorney job days before Hernandez’s high-profile murder trial began.

In his remarks Wednesday, Quinn said he would make illegal possession of firearms a priority and lobby for changes to the state wiretap law that benefit police investigations.