The suspects who ambushed former Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz at a nightclub in the Dominican Republic got paid $7,800 for the hit, authorities said.
But the key questions of by whom and why remain unanswered.
The suspects were offered 400,000 Dominican pesos -- about $7,800 -- to shoot the 43-year-old, Dominican National Police Director Ney Aldrin Bautista Almonte said. Authorities have six people in custody, and one remained at large Wednesday, Bautista Almonte said. Ortiz, who is also known as Big Papi, was at a nightclub in Santo Domingo on Sunday night along with television host Jhoel Lopez when they were both injured by gunfire.
How the shooting of David Ortiz unfolded 02:12Shooter's weapon recovered Eddy Vladimir Féliz Garcia, accused of driving the shooter to the club on the back of a motorcycle, was the first to be arrested. He has been charged with being an accomplice to attempted murder.
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