Baseball legend David Ortiz was shot over the weekend in the Dominican Republic, but now authorities believe he was shot by two police officers hired by a drug lord who thought the former athlete was having an affair with his wife.
via NYP:
Three law enforcement sources have confirmed the motive to the Daily Mail. The local drug lord has not been identified.
Police have so far arrested Eddy Feliz Garcia but the probe is ongoing, the news outlet reported.
Ortiz, who is recovering from surgery — in which parts of his intestines and colon, as well as his gallbladder, were removed — is married to Tiffany Ortiz and has three children.
It was unclear if his family was with him in the capital, Santo Domingo, where he was ambushed Sunday at the Dial Bar and Lounge, according to the Daily Mail.
Ortiz, who also suffered liver damage, will be flown from the Dominican Republic to a hospital in Boston as soon as possible aboard a Red Sox jet, according to ESPN.
Baseball legend or not, you can’t be out here having affairs with the wife of a known drug lord and not expect any repercussions.
