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5:48 eastern time. authorities in the dominican republic say the shooting of red sox legend david ortiz was a hit job. police say the alleged gunman, 25-year-old rolfy ferreyra cruz has confessed to shooting ortiz at a nightclub last weekend in santo domingo. they say cruz and six other men were involved in the shooting. one is still at large. authorities are not commenting on a possible motive, but they say the suspects were offered the equivalent of about $7,800 to carry out the hit on ortiz. oscar-winning actress mira sorvino revealed wednesday that she is a survivor of rape. sorvino has ...

. police are calling the attack on david ortiz a $7,800 hit. the former red sox star is recovering in the hospital and police in the dominican republic have six suspects in custody including the man who allegedly shot ortiz in the back. let's go to patrick offman in santo domingo following this story. and what are police saying about the suspects in the attempted murder plot? >> reporter: it is an incredible murder-for-hire plot. they're saying these are professional assassins and the family representatives of the american and their attorney deny that but police showed video to us that essen...

So as you can see, you know, drinking out of a mini bar, for example, is something that so many people will do while they're on a vacation in a hotel. it's tough to put together a common thread. there's enough there that there's scrutiny and investigation now surrounding these, jim. >> michelle kaczynski at the state department. thank you so much. six men in the dominican republic are now behind bars this morning accused of carrying out a hit attempt on boston red sox legend david ortiz. national police say the suspects were offered $7,800 to shoot ortiz. that's all of them together, by the ...

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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 aren't 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 gunman fired a single shot that entered ortiz's back and exited through his stomach. his condition now i...