Police Say Suspects Were Offered Money to Shoot Former Red Sox Star David Ortiz
A total of six people have been detained in the shooting of former Boston Red Sox player David Ortiz and the gunman has been arrested.
The suspected gunman in David Ortiz’s shooting at a Dominican Republic bar was arrested Wednesday as part of a group that authorities said was offered almost $8,000 for a coordinated hit on the former Red Sox star.
Ortiz, a Dominican Republic native, had his gallbladder and part of his intestine removed by surgeons hours after the shooting.
He was flown back to Boston on Monday and is being treated at Massachusetts General Hospital.
NBC News reports:
Ramon Martinez Perez, who goes by the alias Rolfie, was detained and is currently being questioned, Dominican authorities said. Eddy Vladimir Feliz Garcia, who was arrested at the scene of the Sunday night shooting at the Dial Bar and Lounge in the eastern part of Santa Domingo, was charged Tuesday as an accomplice to attempted murder.
Authorities asked that Luis Alfredo Riva Clases, known as “The Surgeon,” turn himself in.
Prosecutors said in court documents that two men were seen on security camera footage talking with other people in two Hyundai sedans on a nearby street before two men got on a motorcycle to ride toward the bar.
Authorities said Wednesday that they have eyewitness testimony, physical evidence and video surveillance to corroborate their claims.
The case is still ongoing.
