(WEEI) - As was first reported by Dominican Republic television station CDN, former Red Sox star David Ortiz was shot Sunday night in Santo Domingo and was taken to a nearby hospital. Reports out of the Dominican state Ortiz was shot in the lower back. The incident was originally thought to be a burglary attempt, but later would be classified by police as a calculated attack. Ortiz is reportedly in stable conditiion with his father passing along that a full recovery is expected.
Eddy Feliz Garcia, el que disparo a David Ortiz, segun policia nacional. pic.twitter.com/OC4crKy09P
— Dionisio Soldevila (@dSoldevila) June 10, 2019
.@Enrique_Rojas1 spoke to David Ortiz's father after learning that he was shot in a burglary attempt in the DR: "They called me to tell me that David is injured and that they took him to a medical center, but they did not tell me how he is or exactly where he was transferred."
— Marly Rivera (@MarlyRiveraESPN) June 10, 2019
Leo Ortiz, David Ortiz's father, said to @ESPNDeportes that David was shot and wounded at an amusement center in Santo Domingo.
— Marly Rivera (@MarlyRiveraESPN) June 10, 2019
We will update as information becomes available ...




