Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (CNN)The alleged gunman in the shooting of former Boston Red Sox star David Ortiz has been arrested, according to Jean Alain Rodríguez, attorney general of the Dominican Republic.
Suspect Rolfi Ferreira Cruz, 25, has confessed to shooting Ortiz, police said in a statement.
Authorities believe Ferreira Cruz and six other men were involved in the shooting of the MLB all-star. Dominican National Police Director Ney Aldrin Bautista Almonte said only one man remained at large on Wednesday.
"These individuals, each one of them, all of them, have been jailed and will go before a court," Bautista Almonte said.It's unclear what charges the suspects are expected to face, but investigators are treating the case as an attempted murder.
Authorities declined to discuss a possible motive for the shooting, but Bautista Almonte said the suspects were offered $400,000 Dominican pesos (about $7,830) to carry out the hit.
Investigators recovered the gunman's firearm, which was buried in the home of one of the suspects in the province of Mao, police said.
The first suspect, Eddy Vladimir Féliz Garcia, was arrested immediately after the attack and appeared in court late Tuesday, charged with being an accomplice to attempted murder in Sunday's nightclub shooting in Santo Domingo.
Féliz García is accused of driving the shooter to the scene on the back of a motorcycle. Following the shooting, the charging documents say, the shooter fled the scene with his gun in hand.
Bautista Almonte said investigators located the other five suspects -- who were in custody Wednesday-- after they spoke with Féliz García at a local hospital.
Police were investigating two cars that were parked near the scene of the shooting, and a witness told police he saw Féliz García and the gunman get into one of the cars before the shooting, the documents say.
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