The baseball star was reportedly shot in the lower back — and the bullet exited through his stomach, according to ESPN, which has a reporter at the hospital where the MLB star is being treated.
A doctor working on Ortiz told ESPN the baseball star went into surgery but everything is going as well as it can be and he’s currently “out of danger.”
When he arrived to the hospital, Ortiz reportedly told his doctors, “Please don’t let me die. I’m a good man.”
A police official has also told local media the incident was NOT a “robbery” — but would not give a possible motive for the incident.
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