D.R. officials say Big Papi was NOT the gunman's intended target.
in the Dominican Republic earlier this month DID NOT mean to target Big Papi ... so say D.R. officials, who say it was Ortiz's FRIEND they wanted to kill.-- who was allegedly sitting near Ortiz at Dial Bar and Lounge in Santo Domingo on June 9 -- was supposed to be the target.
Unclear why Fernandez was the target. We're trying to gather information on who Fernandez is and what he does for a living. All we know so far is that cops say he's buddies with Ortiz. from point-blank range in the back was confused by the clothing Ortiz was wearing and fired on him instead of Fernandez.
Officials say they were able to confirm Fernandez was, in fact, the man the suspects wanted to hit because they were able to obtain a picture of the target that was circulated amongst the alleged criminals.-- a 43-year-old who's wanted in the United States after being caught in a major federal drug bust -- is the one who ordered the hit.25-year-old admitted to being the man behind the gun ... but said from his D.R. jail cell last week Ortiz was NOT his intended target.
Prosecutors say regardless of who the intended target was ... they still plan to pursue serious criminal charges against all of the alleged suspects.
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