David Ortiz Was Targeted by Dominican Drug Lord in 2019 Shooting, Private Investigators Find

David Ortiz (34) of the Boston Red Sox celebrates after he scored a run in the fourth inning against the New York Yankees, at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx borough of New York on April 12, 2015. Elsa/Getty Images

By Joseph Wilkinson From New York Daily News

Private investigators hired by retired Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz say the Hall of Famer was targeted by a drug kingpin when he was shot in the Dominican Republic in 2019, a news report said Saturday.