Agents from the Office of Judicial Investigations (Spanish initials: OIJ) in Costa Rica believe that a businessman from the United States, who was shot multiple times in a shopping center located in the upscale community of Escazu, may have been targeted for assassination. As reported by The Costa Rica Star in March:

An expat from the United States is in the intensive care unit of the San Juan de Dios Hospital in San Jose after being gunned down in San Rafael of Escazu, one of the most affluent neighborhoods in Costa Rica […] the incident occurred on Wednesday morning, right after the victim stepped out of a bakery located in a shopping center. After firing seven times and striking the victim twice in his legs and [more than once] in his neck with 9mm rounds from a semiautomatic handgun, the shooters escaped in an orange motorcycle.

According to a news report filed by Daniel Chinchilla Salazar of daily tabloid Diario Extra, Jason Noah Feinman returned to his residence after spending a few weeks in the hospital. He went back home accompanied by a substantial contingent of bodyguards and private security personnel.

Investigators from the OIJ have commented that this case is a bit of a mystery for them; they have not been able to establish a motive as to why this 42 year-old U.S. expat was subject to an attempted contract killing. Mr. Feinman does not have a criminal record in Costa Rica, where he has resided for a little over ten years, and he has never been investigated or associated to any persons of interest to the police.

A preliminary background investigation seemed to indicate that Mr. Feinman was involved in various real estate and development businesses; however, closer scrutiny reveals that he is active in the sportsbook and online wagering industry. Mr. Feinman’s shooting, along with two similar incidents in Escazu, prompted a section of the US State Department to issue a travel warning.