2nd Suspect Arrested in David Ortiz Shooting, Dominican Prosecutors Say

A second man has been arrested in the shooting of former Red Sox World Series champion David Ortiz, a spokeswoman for the Dominican national prosecutor’s office told CNN on Wednesday.

Investigators are treating the case as attempted murder and say it could have involved more people than just a gunman and a driver.

Ortiz, a.k.a. Big Papi, was shot on Sunday night while at a bar in Eastern part of Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic, where the 43-year-old was born and raised.

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The 10-time MLB All-Star suffered damage to multiple internal organs after being hit from behind by a single bullet, which exited through his abdomen. He underwent six hours of surgery at a local hospital where doctors had to remove his gallbladder and part of his intestines and colon.

Ortiz later had a second surgery at surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. His wife, Tiffany Ortiz, said he was “stable, awake, and resting comfortably” on Tuesday morning in the intensive care unit, where he is “expected to remain for the next several days,” Boston.com reported.

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Eddy Vladimir Feliz Garcia, who was arrested at the scene of the shooting, was charged as an accomplice to attempted murder on Tuesday, NBC News reported. Police say Feliz Garcia was beaten by several patrons at the Dial Bar and Lounge after the shooting. A statement from the Public Ministry of Santo Domingo East acquired by NBC News does not name Feliz Garcia as the suspected shooter.

Feliz Garcia and a second man arrived at the bar on a motorcycle Sunday night and opened fire on Ortiz and his friend, police said. When they tried to escape the bike fell on the pavement and the crowd attacked them.

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After growing up in Santo Domingo, Ortiz signed with the Seattle Mariners when he was 17 before making a name for himself with the Minnesota Twins. He joined the Boston Red Sox in 2003 and went on to win three World Series with the team before retiring in 2016.

Ortiz became a spokesperson for the resilience of Bostonians after the Boston Marathon bombing in April 2013 when he told the crowd at Fenway Park: “This is our f—ing city, and no one is going to dictate our freedom. Stay strong.”

20 Highest-Grossing Baseball Movies, From 'League of Their Own' to 'Major League' (Photos)

Let's get into the spirit of a new MLB season with some of the biggest baseball movies that all hit a commercial home run. These are the highest grossing baseball movies of all time, ranked from lowest to highest.
20. "Mr. 3000" - $21.8 million

Bernie Mac plays a former baseball great who returns to the league at age 47 after learning he was just a few hits shy of 3000.
Buena Vista
19. "Major League II" - $30.6 million

Charlie Sheen, Corbin Bernsen and Tom Berenger all came back for the sequel to "Major League," but Wesley Snipes had become a bigger star, and his role of Willie Mays Hayes was taken over by Omar Epps.
Warner Bros.
18. "The Sandlot" - $32.4 million

"The Sandlot" performed modestly at the box office in 1993, but it found a second life as a cult film on VHS and on DVD a decade after its release.
Twentieth Century Fox
17. "Bad News Bears" (2005) - $32.8 million

Billy Bob Thornton starred in Richard Linklater's remake of the '70s classic starring Walter Matthau.
Paramount Pictures
16. "For Love of the Game" - $35.1 million

Kevin Costner shows up quite a bit on this list. Sam Raimi directs Costner as a washed up pitcher reflecting on his career in baseball.
Universal
15. "Trouble With the Curve" - $35.7 million

Clint Eastwood and Amy Adams play a father and daughter trying to patch up their relationship during Eastwood's final season as a baseball scout.
Warner Bros.
14. "Million Dollar Arm" - $36.4 million

"Million Dollar Arm" kicked off a string of globe-hoping Disney movies, with Jon Hamm starring as a sports agent who travels to India in search of baseball talent on the cricket pitch.
Disney
13. "Hardball" - $40.2 million

This early-2000s Keanu Reeves hit stars a young Michael B. Jordan in this movie about a Cabrini Green little league team.
Paramount
12. "Fever Pitch" - $42 million

Jimmy Fallon and Drew Barrymore make for one of the more charming rom-com couples of late. But even more special about "Fever Pitch" is that it arrived in the year the Red Sox finally won the World Series.
Twentieth Century Fox
11. "The Natural" - $47 million

Robert Redford, Robert Duvall and Glenn Close star in Barry Levinson's inspiring classic that has been fodder for countless homages and parodies.
TriStar
10. "Major League" - $49.7 million

"Juuuust a bit outside!" The University of Arizona baseball team did their own version of the famous scene from this film where the players all arrive to spring training.
Paramount
9. "Angels in the Outfield" (1994) - $50.2 million

You've got to believe! A young Joseph Gordon-Levitt stars in this cute Disney movie about a baseball miracle.
Buena Vista
8. "Bull Durham" - $50.8 million

Kevin Costner again. This baseball romance even received an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay.
Orion
7. "Rookie of the Year" - $53.6 million

Back when the Chicago Cubs were still lovable losers, it made sense that they might take a flyer on a miraculous young kid as depicted in Daniel Stern's family comedy.
Fox
6. "The Benchwarmers" - 59.8 million

"The Benchwarmers," starring Jon Heder, David Spade and Rob Schneider, was a hit with audiences, but much less so with critics, earning only a 25 on Metacritic.
Sony/Columbia
5. "Field of Dreams" - $64.3 million

Even more Kevin Costner. This weepy classic went on to earn three Oscar nominations and might be the best baseball movie ever.
Universal
4. "The Rookie" (2002) - $75.6 million

Dennis Quaid stars in this inspiring true story of Jim Morris, who discovered well past his prime that he could throw some real heat and ended up making a major league team.
Disney
3. "Moneyball" - $75.6 million

Nominated for six Oscars including Best Picture, the film adaptation of Michael Lewis's book starring Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill was an unexpected critical and commercial darling.
Sony
2. "42" - $95 million

Before he became Black Panther, Chadwick Boseman starred as Dodgers great Jackie Robinson in the biopic on his life, "42."
Warner Bros.
1. "A League of Their Own" - $107.5 million

"There's no crying in baseball!" Penny Marshall's hilarious story of the first female professional baseball league is the only movie to crack the $100 million mark.
Sony

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