David Ortiz, best known for playing with the Boston Red Sox, has been shot and wounded in the Dominican Republic, according to multiple reports.
“They called me 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,” his father Leo confirmed to ESPN.
The baseball star spent 14 of his 20 major league seasons with the Red Sox, becoming a 10-time All-Star, three-time World Series champion and one American League MVP.
Ortiz has been working as an MLB studio analyst for Fox Sports, working alongside Alex Rodriguez, Kevin Burkhardt and Frank Thomas.
“We are continuing to learn more about the incident overnight involving David Ortiz. While we await confirmation on his condition, our thoughts and prayers are with David and his family,” a spokesperson for Fox Sports told PEOPLE in a statement.
Reps for Ortiz did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s requests for comment.
News of Ortiz’s reported incident comes after a Colorado couple alleged that theyfell illat the same resort in the Dominican Republic wherethree American tourists diedover a five-day period in May.
Robin Bernstein, the ambassador of the United States to the Dominican Republic, said therecent high-profile incidentsinvolving American tourists in the Caribbean island nation — including the assault of a woman at another resort — were isolated cases, according to Univision.
source: people.com
