being sought. Police Major General Ney Aldrin Bautista Almonte revealed that the alleged organizer of the attack was promised 400,000 Dominican pesos (approximately $7,800) to carry out the attack. By June 14, eight men and one woman had been arrested and charged in connection with the attack. Police also recovered the gun used in the attack, a Browning Hi-Power 9mm. On June 14, a 10th suspect turned himself in to police. Also on June 14, prosecutors announced that they would reveal the motive and a "full narrative of how the case happened" within the following week. On June 18, law enforcement officials identified an eleventh suspect in police custody, Franklin Junior Merán, whom they alleged to have rented one of the vehicles involved in the attack. Among the suspects arrested was 25-year-old Rolfi Ferreira Cruz (also reported as Rolfi Ferreras Cruz and Rolfy Ferreyra Cruz), who was indicated by authorities to be the suspected shooter. Cruz originated from Reading, Pennsylvania, and was noted to be wanted in connection with several robberies and firearms-related charges in Clifton, New Jersey, while residing in the neighboring city of Paterson. After Cruz was arrested for the shooting, he released a statement from his confinement claiming that Ortiz was "not his intended victim," asserting that although he was hired to kill someone, the intended target was described by what they would be wearing, and that he mistakenly shot Ortiz because he "got confused by his clothing." A Dominican prosecutor initially dismissed Cruz's explanation as a ploy to avoid being assaulted in jail due to Ortiz's popularity in the Dominican Republic. However, a few days later, Dominican Attorney General Jean Alain Rodríguez announced that the shooting had indeed been a case of mistaken identity, with the intended target of the attack being Sixto David Fernandez, a friend of Ortiz who was a frequent visitor to the bar, and who usually sat in the seat occupied by Ortiz at the time of the shooting. On June 17, Dominican court documents disclosed that Alberto Miguel Rodriguez Mota had been identified as the suspected mastermind of the operation, having allegedly communicated with another suspect a week before the shooting. At the time his name was disclosed, Rodriguez Mota was still at large and being sought. Dominican officials further identified Dominican drug trafficker Víctor Hugo Gómez, a known associate of the Gulf Cartel, and a cousin of the intended victim,