SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — The Detroit Tigers Complex in the Dominican Republic was the target of the latest robbery at a Major League Baseball facility in the country on Wednesday, police said.
One man was taken into custody and police are searching for four other people who entered the complex with gunfire, subdued a security guard and went to the players’ rooms to borrow valuables and money, Dominican police spokesman Diego Pesqueira told The Associated Press.
The robbery took place days after the attack on the St. John’s premises. Louis Cardinals in the country. The Miami Marlins and Cleveland Guardians facilities were also damaged recently, a source told The Associated Press.
No one was injured in the robberies of the Tigers and Cardinals, the government said.
Dominican police are investigating whether the robberies are related. Five men also broke into the Cardinals’ complex, bound and gagged a security guard and stole the belongings of players and staff.
“The corresponding cameras are being taken to the investigative procedure and we hope in the next few hours to give a conclusive answer to this case,” Pesqueira said.
A source told the AP that the suspects tried to get a loan from the Tigers’ compound but were unsuccessful.
The Tigres complex is located in a rural area of San Pedro de Macorís. Chief Executive Scott Harris said earlier this month that the team had purchased land in the country to build a new school, adding that the commission is in the design phase.
A spokesman for the organization declined to comment Wednesday.
Cardinals president of baseball operations John Mozeliak said Friday that players and members of his facility were “shocked” by the robbery.
“It’s scary in so many ways,” Mozeliak said in a statement. The team will promptly reconsider its protection at the complex, he said.