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exclusive: former boston red sox star david ‘big papi’ ortiz was shot in a dominican republic bar by ‘two police officers hired by a drug dealer who believed the baseball hero was having an affair with his wife’
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- david ‘big papi’ ortiz, 43, was shot at 8:50pm local time in santo domingo
- he was taken to the hospital and operated on, but now he is stable
- the baseball star will return to boston on Monday on a plane Red Sox
- eddy garcia, 25, is one of two men arrested in Monday’s shooting
- garcia was riding a motorcycle that had the shooter on the back
- was captured by angry mobs at the scene and beaten before police arrived to arrest him
- the shooter remains unidentified and no other details have yet emerged
- sources tell dailymail.com they were hired by a trafficker drug addict who thought ortiz was having an affair with his wife
- ort iz, who has been married for 17 years, has yet to comment
by michaela freda in boston and jennifer smith and adry torres for dailymail.com
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