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Still recovering at a hospital in boston, massachusetts from his gunshot wound. while the suspect in his shooting now says that he pulled the trigger on the wrong man. the suspect told reporters from his jail cell in the dominican republic that he meant to shoot someone else but got confused. cnns patrick oppmann has more from santo domingo. >> reporter: police say the gunman walked across the nightclub to david "big papi" ortiz and without hesitation opened fire. but admitted trigger man wolfi ...

Not saying much. so much of this countrys economy depends on tourism. about had half of the tourists that come here every year are americans, so it is bad for business. we have already heard from tour operators theyve had cancellations, that people are concerned. no word yet from the american embassy if there should be any alarm, if it is anything more than just people with preexisting health conditions falling ill and dying, which, of course, happens when people travel. the fbi is helping domin...

That safe here ever again. ortiz is loved by millions of domin cannes. but some resent his fame and fortune, says one of big papis childhood friends. "theres people that are full of envy," he says. "there are people that have wanted to have that ego, that success." many of the suspects charged with the attempt on ortizs life are petty criminals who police say did the hit for less than $8,000. theyre just the foot soldiers, police say. ortizs legions of fans are still waiting to find out who gave...

Republic captured one of the suspects speaking through his jail cell window and that man reportedly told reporters it wasnt david, claiming he got confused by his clothing. surveillance video from the shooting shows the gunman approach ortiz from behind and then open fire at near point-blank range, shooting the retired baseball star in the back. nine suspects are charged in the brazen ambush. ortiz is in guarded condition at a boston hospital. cnn patrick oppmann is following the developments. w...

Documents, in the charging documents, and of course, in the press conferences that authorities have given here where they say very, very clearly, very deliberately, that david ortiz was in fact the target. and the spokesman for the prosecutors office that i spoke to said that he feels that this is a story this suspect is making up because hes facing very terrible, very frightening reprisals in prison. dominican prisons are full of people who are big david ortiz fans, and he says, the spokesman, ...

He said he got confused by ortizs clothing. wow. patrick oppmann is live for us again this morning in santo domingo. what can you tell us? >> according to police, he has confessed to shooting david ortiz. and in this interview he did with media from his jail cell window, very brief interview, he says david ortiz, of course, who is one of the dominican republics most beloved baseball stars, was not his intended target. he was sent there as a hitman, but he got confused. all they told him was thei...

He really has made the beginning of an incredible recovery despite all the surgeries that he had here in the dominican republic, having his intestines -- part of his intestines removed. obviously questions as well to david ortiz about why people here would have put together such a complicated hit against his life, but his family at this point is asking for privacy. >> patrick oppmann, good to have you on the story. the first 2020 democratic debate is going to be a crowded one, but who will be ...

The big question still lingers why? what was the motive here? patrick oppmann is live in santa domingo in morning. patrick, what do we know and are police saying about why ortiz was targeted? >> reporter: police say they do not know why, that they will continue to investigate. while they have the greatest respect for david, big papi ortiz, they are not covering anything up here, its early days in the investigation, but they are increasingly painting a portrait of a well conceived hit that did fa...

Interestingly as jeffrey toobin was noting a short time ago bipartisan interest in calling him back to the hill. republicans and democrats and republicans and democrats there are open questions as to whether he was fully truthful in his prior testimony. this is no small moment. >> no, not a small moment at all. we will keep you posted. another story weve been following, a second suspect was been arrested in connection with the shooting of david ortiz. ortiz is recovering at a hospital in bosto...

Arrest. patrick oppmann is at police headquarters and alexander field is in boston. patrick, first to you. what are you learning about this second arrest? >> reporter: well, were hoping to learn a lot more very soon a as police and prosecutors here in santa domingo have told us that they will be offering a press conference at some point, still very much up in the air, where we will learn more about the second arrest. or they have told us potentially more arrests. and as well hopefully a motive w...