Dominican Republic television station CDN reported that David Ortiz was shot in the lower back Sunday night in Santo Domingo and was taken to a nearby hospital.
The incident was classified by police as a calculated attack. Ortiz is in stable condition and his father states that a full recovery is expected.
Two tweets reported:
The emergency doctor says that David Ortiz said "Please. Don't let me die, I'm a good man." Shot between the left side of the lower back and came out through the abdomen
Police in the Dominican Republic are saying the gunshot wound suffered by David Ortiz was not from an attempted robbery, as initially speculated.