as having solicited the murder. According to the authorities, Gómez "suspected his relative of betraying him to Dominican drug investigators years earlier." Gómez was arrested by Dominican authorities on June 28, 2019. Following his arrest, it was reported that Gomez was now the suspected mastermind of the shooting. In a news conference on June 30, Dominican authorities said the price for the shooting was $30,000 and not $7,800 as previously claimed. Named suspects Suspects identified in the investigation include: Rolfi Ferreira Cruz, the alleged shooter Alberto Miguel Rodriguez Mota, alleged to have taken a picture of the intended victim Víctor Hugo Gómez Vasquez, alleged to have solicited the attack. He has also been charged with federal drug trafficking offenses in Texas. Jose Eduardo Ciprian, prison inmate alleged to have received and conveyed a picture of the intended victim Gabriel Alexander Perez Vizcaíno, alleged to have shown the picture of the intended victim to other suspects Luis Alfredo Rivas Clase, also known as “The Surgeon," who allegedly met Vizcaíno hours before the shooting. He was killed in 2021. Rivas Clase had been wanted in connection with an attempted homicide in Pennsylvania Eddy Feliz Garcia, alleged to have been on the motorcycle used to transport the shooter Franklin Junior Merán, alleged to have rented a vehicle involved in the attack Maria Fernanda Villasmil Manzanilla, "The Venezuelan," who was allegedly in the car with Rivas Clase when he met Vizcaíno Reactions News of the shooting was met with messages of love and support for Ortiz from many notable figures, particularly those involved with baseball. Among the players sending such messages were Pedro Martínez, Mike Trout, Alex Rodriguez, David Wells, Marcus Stroman, Nelson Figueroa, and Travis Shaw. Eduardo Núñez of the Red Sox, who was born in the Dominican Republic, said it was unimaginable that Ortiz was shot there, and that it was "an international shame." Sports reporter Erin Andrews tweeted a message of support with a Sports Illustrated cover featuring Ortiz posing alongside first responders in the weeks after the Boston Marathon bombing. Former President Barack Obama also tweeted a reminiscence about Ortiz helping the city of Boston recover from the bombing, and "wishing him a speedy recovery of his own." Later, in response to the official explanation that Ortiz was shot by mistake, Sports Illustrated said it "invites skepticism," while Dan Shaughnessy of The Boston Globe called it "simply not believable." Fernandez,