NEW: A second suspect has been arrested in the shooting of Red Sox icon David Ortiz, according to authorities in the Dominican Republic.
A second suspect has been arrested in the shooting of Red Sox icon David Ortiz, according to authorities in the Dominican Republic.
Eddy Feliz Garcia, who allegedly confessed to playing a role in the shooting, insists he didn't shoot Ortiz, his attorney, Bunel Ramirez Meran, said on Tuesday night. Meran declared Garcia was innocent. Garcia's attorney said that his client is accused of being the motorcycle driver who carried the actual shooter. Meran noted that in the Dominican Republic, there is no legal distinction between being the author or the accomplice to a crime.
Ortiz, 43, had been airlifted to Boston Monday night on a medical air ambulance chartered by the Red Sox. He first underwent surgery at a hospital in the Dominican Republic, where"Big Papi" was born and raised. Ortiz took his first steps since the shooting on Tuesday, Leo Lopez, his close friend and aide, told ABC News.
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