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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
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.