The shooting of former Boston Red Sox star David Ortiz in Santo Domingo earlier ...
Dominican Republic's National Police Director Ney Aldrin Bautista , Attorney General Jean Alain Rodriguez and prosecutor Milciades Guzman attend a news conference on the attack on baseball legend David Ortiz, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic June 19, 2019. REUTERS/Ricardo Rojas
Ortiz was shot during the night of June 9 while seated at an open-air nightclub in the capital of his native country. However, Rodriguez said the attackers had meant to kill another man sitting at the table with the popular baseball star. Ortiz, a national hero in the Dominican Republic, has been recovering in a Boston hospital since the attack took place. His friend Jhoel Lopez, a television host, was also wounded in the leg in the shooting.
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