Dominican police: David Ortiz not the intended target of hitman shooting, suspects arrested Domican police announce the hit men who shot David Ortiz in his native Dominican Republic received $10,000 for the attack, in which the former Major League Baseball player was not the target, and that they have arrested the alleged masterminds of the crime. Ortiz, a former star of the Minnesota Twins and Boston Red Sox in the MLB, was injured the night of June 9 in a nightclub in the Dominican capital in a confusing incident. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES