Wife of David Ortiz Releases Statement as Details of Sophisticated Attack Come Out
The wife of former Red Sox star David Ortiz says her husband is recuperating at a hospital in Boston after being shot at a bar in his native Dominican Republic.
Tiffany Ortiz said in a statement issued by the team on Wednesday that her husband was in the intensive care unit at Massachusetts General Hospital under the direction of trauma surgeon Dr. David King.
“Yesterday and this morning, David was able to sit up as well as take some steps,” she said. “His condition is guarded and he will remain in the ICU for the coming days, but he is making good progress towards recovery.
“My family and I again want to thank everyone for their endless love and well wishes, and still ask for privacy while David continues to heal.”
The #RedSox today issued the following statement on behalf of Tiffany Ortiz: pic.twitter.com/orcfadBrOJ
— Boston Red Sox (@RedSox) June 12, 2019
Meanwhile, Dominican prosecutors say witnesses and security camera footage show that the attempt to kill Ortiz was carried out by two men on a motorcycle and two other groups of people in cars, indicating a new level of sophistication in the attack.
The details were contained in a court document obtained by The Associated Press on Wednesday.
Oliver Moisés Mirabal Acosta, who was captured Tuesday night in the town of Mao in the northern Dominican Republic, was driving a grey Hyundai Accent before mounting the bike driven by 25-year-old Eddy Vladimir Feliz García, the document said.
The document also said the two men were seen on security camera footage talking with other people in the Accent and another Hyundai in a nearby street before the shooting.
Feliz García’s lawyer says his client is an innocent motorcycle taxi driver who had no idea his passenger was going to commit a crime.
Court documents identified Oliver Moisés Mirabal Acosta as the second suspect in the David Ortiz shooting, and provided a timeline of the events leading up to the incident. https://t.co/AJJEJyXPWi
— The Boston Globe (@BostonGlobe) June 12, 2019
Ortiz was shot in the back at close range at the Dial Bar and Lounge in Santo Domingo.
Surveillance video shows a man coming up behind Ortiz and shooting him in the back, after which he fell backward.
A local reporter tweeted Ortiz’s emotional words to the emergency room doctors who treated his gunshot wound.
“Please don’t let me die, I am a good man,” Ortiz said, according to Dominican journalist Dionisio Soldevila.
The Western Journal has reviewed this Associated Press story and may have altered it prior to publication to ensure that it meets our editorial standards.
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