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The suspects meet at a gas station, theyre shown a photo of him that was sent from one of the suspects already in prison on unrelated homicide charges. but despite that he had contacts, a phone apparently and he was able to contact this team of assassins, a get away driver, the alleged gunman and others who then go in and nearly kill ortiz. and then immediately these suspects scatter as police have been arresting more and more of them. they have learned more information now. they have at least t...

Away. suspects are talking and one of them is desperately trying to save his own skin. a shout from a dominican jail cell. the trigger man yells to reporters ortiz was not his intended target. he was confused by his clothes. >> it was confusing. i was told the color of the clothing, nothing else. i didnt see him. >> a prosecutor in the dominican republic disputes that saying the gunman is seen going up to ortiz and shooting without hesitation. the suspect admitted to being part of a conspiracy t...

American death at a resort there. steve harrigan has more. hi, steve. >> julie, the police here are holding six suspects. they say one of them was the gunman that shot david ortiz. they say as many as four others are still at large. police have been clear that this was an assassination attempt. they say its not a robbery. the six men in their 20s tried to kill ortiz for a fee, $7,000 in total or $1,300 apiece. security video shows a single shooter creeping up behind ortiz, shooting him almost po...

That justice will be done. >> the dominican government, police and justice department recognize the symbolism david ortiz is and that the case be solved completely. >> police say it is clear it was no robbery. it was an assassination attempt. the six admitted they were paid roughly $7,800 to kill ortiz. who ordered the hit and why? police arent anything about that. as far as the attack goes, one gunman got off the back of the motorcycle. entered the bar where ortiz had his back to him. the gunma...