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Dominican prosecutors say David Ortiz was not intended target in shooting
The Dominican Republic’s chief prosecutor said Boston Red Sox icon David Ortiz was not the intended target of the June 9 shooting that put his life in peril, but was merely the victim of a hit gone wrong.
Attorney General Jean Alain Rodriguez said in a Wednesday news conference that Sixto David Fernandez, a friend of Ortiz’s who shared a table with him that night at the Dial Bar and Lounge in the capital city of Santo Domingo, was the real target.
Rodriguez added that a fugitive named Victor Hugo Gomez, whom he said is wanted by U.S. law enforcement, ordered the killing of Fernandez because of a longtime beef over supposedly providing information to the police about him.
Rodriguez said the gunman, identified by police as Rolfi Ferreira Cruz, was handed a photo of the intended victim but the lighting made it look like Fernandez was wearing white pants, as Ortiz was that night, and confused one for the other.
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The Dominican Republic’s chief prosecutor said Boston Red Sox icon David Ortiz was not the intended target of the June 9 shooting that put his life in peril, but was merely the victim of a hit gone wrong.
Attorney General Jean Alain Rodriguez said in a Wednesday news conference that Sixto David Fernandez, a friend of Ortiz’s who shared a table with him that night at the Dial Bar and Lounge in the capital city of Santo Domingo, was the real target.
Rodriguez added that a fugitive named Victor Hugo Gomez, whom he said is wanted by U.S. law enforcement, ordered the killing of Fernandez because of a longtime beef over supposedly providing information to the police about him.
Rodriguez said the gunman, identified by police as Rolfi Ferreira Cruz, was handed a photo of the intended victim but the lighting made it look like Fernandez was wearing white pants, as Ortiz was that night, and confused one for the other.
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