SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — American prosecutors said they believe two suspects in the shooting of the retired Red Sox star David Ortiz are wanted in connection with crimes in the United States, while the father of another suspect said his son belonged to a Dominican gang of drug-dealing hit men.

Ortiz was shot in the back at a bar in the Dominican Republic on Sunday. Dominican officials announced Wednesday that they had detained those suspected of being the gunman and five accomplices. Ortiz is now in a Boston hospital recovering after two operations, one in the Dominican Republic and one in Boston.

Prosecutors in New Jersey said on Thursday that a bench warrant on armed robbery and gun charges had been issued for the man who the authorities in the Dominican Republic say pulled the trigger. Another suspect in the shooting, a Pennsylvania prosecutor said, is believed to be wanted in connection with an attempted homicide in the state.

A grand jury indicted Rolfi Ferreira-Cruz in connection with two armed robberies in Clifton, N.J., in 2017, according to a news release from the Passaic County prosecutor’s office. A 25-year-old from Reading, Pa., Ferreira-Cruz has never been arrested in connection with those charges.