Former Red Sox slugger David Ortiz was shot and injured in the Dominican Republic, according to reports that emerged Sunday evening.
Ortiz’s father, Leo, told ESPN that his 43-year-old son was wounded at an entertainment center in the capital city of Santo Domingo. According to El Dia, Ortiz was with a group of friends at a nightclub when he was shot. The 10-time All-Star, who is from the Dominican Republic, was taken to receive medical care.
“They called to tell me that David is injured and that they took him to a medical center, but they did not tell me how he is or exactly where he was transferred,” Leo Ortiz told ESPN via telephone from the Dominican Republic.