The moment an angry crowd attacked the man accused of shooting former Red Sox star David 'Big Papi' Ortiz in a Dominican Republic bar on Sunday was caught on camera in a video showing the alleged gunman, covered in blood, fielding punches and kicks.
Ortiz, 43, is recovering in the hospital after having surgery to remove his gallbladder and part of his intestines. He is expected to make a full recovery but suffered liver damage during the six-hour operation, his spokesman said.
The former slugger for the Red Sox was shot in the back at near point-blank range while having drinks with friends including local TV host Jhoel Lopez.
Police are yet to offer a motive for the shooting but they have arrested Eddy Feliz Garcia.
Garcia was chased down at the bar by a crowd of Ortiz's supporters and was beaten relentlessly until police arrived.
Eddy Feliz Garcia is shown being attacked by a crowd of Ortiz's friends and supporters after allegedly shooting the Red Sox star on Sunday at a bar in the Dominican Republic. The motive for the shooting remains unknown
Garcia is shown in police custody after being removed from the scene. He suffered extensive injuries before officers arrived
David Ortiz is shown in the center of this image with friends including Jhoel Lopez (far left), hours before he was shot. He is in the hospital and is in a stable condition after having his gallbladder and parts of his intestines removed
In another image taken hours before they were shot, the pair are shown smiling for the camera
In a video widely shared on social media afterwards, he is filmed claiming not to know anything about the attack.
In Spanish, the crowd yells at him: 'You don't know anything? You don't know anything?'
Ortiz, who retired from baseball in 2016, is from the Dominican Republic and splits his time between the city of Santo Domingo, where the attack happened, and Miami where he lives with his wife and children.
He is well known in Santo Domingo and is known to frequent the bars and restaurants where the attack happened.
Before he was shot, he and Lopez were seen with other men drinking and smoking cigars.
He was sitting at a table with Lopez when the gunman approached him on the back of a motorcycle and shot him in the back.
The crowd seized on Garcia as Ortiz was taken to the hospital.
Initial reports suggested that it was an attempted robbery but police have since dismissed that.
Ortiz is seen sitting in the club (left) before being shot and falling to the ground (right)
Lopez was shot in the leg, possible by the same bullet which entered Ortiz's body in his back and went straight through him, exiting out of his stomach
They will not say whether or not they have another motive in mind.
'So far the case is under investigation. Social media networks are speculating many things.
David is out of danger, thank God. Big Papi will be around for a long time
Leo Ortiz, the star's father
'We can not give you more details,' Lieutenant Pimentel of the National Police in Santo Domingo told DailyMail.com on Monday.
Ortiz was rushed into surgery at the Abel Gonzolez Clinic. Before he was operated on, he told doctors: 'Please don't let me die, I'm a good man.'
His father said on Monday that he was doing well after the operation.
'Doctors say that David is out of danger, thank God. What they have told me post-op is that the doctors believe he will recover quickly.
'Big Papi will be around for a long time,' Leo Ortiz told ESPN.
Lopez
