Suspect detained in connection with shooting of Red Sox icon David Ortiz transferred to court in Santo Domingo. His attorney says he did not shoot Ortiz.
A second suspect has been arrested in the brazen ambush shooting of Boston Red Sox icon David"Big Papi" Ortiz that occurred at a crowded nightclub in the Dominican Republic, according to authorities.
Eddy Vladimir Feliz Garcia, 25, was nabbed by onlookers and beaten before being turned over to police minutes after the 43-year-old Ortiz was severely wounded at the Dial Bar and Lounge, a nightclub in Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic. Ortiz was treated at a hospital for his injuries.
Charging papers obtained by ABC News show that Garcia is charged with"intentionally causing injury through the use of an illegal firearm" in addition to attempted homicide and criminal association.Frank Félix Duran, a spokesman for the Dominican Republic National Police, said that Garcia confessed to playing a role in the shooting, but he would not elaborate on what the suspect told the police.
He was flown to Boston late Sunday night on an air ambulance jet chartered by the Red Sox team and underwent a second surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital.
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