AGENCY IN PART IN THIS
INVESTIGATION.
THANK YOU.
I WOULD LIKE TO ECHO CHIEF
BUDKE 'S WORDS.
IS HEARTBREAKING DEALING WITH
THREE OR FOUR HOURS AFTER THE
INITIAL CALL FOR THIS INCIDENT.
I THINK WE ARE STILL A LITTLE
BIT SURPRISED.
WE NEVER HOPE FOR SOMETHING
LIKE THIS TO HAPPEN IN OUR
BACKYARD. OUR HEARTS AND SOME
PRAYERS GO OUT TO THE ENTIRE
CITY OF BUFFALO IN THE ENTIRE
COUNTY AREA. AS THE MAYOR
ALLUDED TO, WE ARE FAMILY HERE.
WE DON'T WANT THIS TO HAPPEN TO
OUR NEIGHBORS AND OUR FRIENDS.
I WILL IDENTIFY THE SUSPECT AS
GREGORY LURICH.
HE IS FROM BUFFALO.
WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL CALLS FOR
SERVICE REGARDING HIM, DATING
BACK TO 2003. BOTH BUFFALO
POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE
COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
HE IS NO STRANGER TO LAW-
ENFORCEMENT.
CERTAINLY, I WOULD GO BACK TO
CHIEF BUDKE.
WE ALL RESPOND TO A CALL LIKE
THIS.
THE BUFFALO POLICE OFFICER
DOESN'T HAVE TO PUT AN EYE OUT.
UPON OUR ARRIVAL, WE ALSO
LOCATED SEVERAL VICTIMS.
IS A HORRIBLE LOOKING SCENE.
OUR STAFF IMMEDIATELY BEGAN
RENDERING AID TO THE VICTIMS.
WHAT'S ALL THE VICTIMS WERE
REMOVED FROM THE PREMISES, MY
TEAM DID A CURSORY, SECONDARY
SEARCH OF THE BUILDING TO MAKE
SURE NO ONE ELSE WAS IN IT.
WE ALSO FOUND A SUSPICIOUS
PACKAGE IN THE CORNER OF THE
LOBBY.
WE HAVE CONTACTED THE
ARE UNSEEN RIGHT NOW HELPING US
WITH THAT.
ONCE THAT WAS TAKEN CARE OF,
ONCE THAT WAS FOUND, WE
EVACUATED OUR TEAM MEMBERS OUT
OF THEIR IN COORDINATION WITH
THE BUFFALO POLICE DEPARTMENT,
MY OFFICE.
IT QUICKLY BECAME APPARENT WE
COULD PROBABLY USE SOME HELP.
WE HAVE SEVERAL WITNESSES,
HONESTLY, SEVERAL VICTIMS.
THAT WERE TAKEN TO SEVERAL
DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.
WE HAVE CALLED IN SOME
DETECTIVE.
THANK YOU, SHERIFF DAVE
HUTCHINSON, FROM THE HENNEPIN
COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
HE SENT DETECTIVES TO MY OFFICE
TO HELP WITH THOSE VICTIM'S
STATEMENTS AND VICTIM
STATEMENTS.
I APPRECIATE THAT.
ALSO, OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF
CAUTION, WE DID RECEIVE
INFORMATION THAT MR. ULRICH WAS
SAYING MOST RECENTLY AT THE
SUPER EIGHT MOTEL IN BUFFALO.
WE DID SEE IN THE TEAM FOR MY
WE DID FIND ADDITIONAL
SUSPICIOUS DEVICES AT THE SUPER
LATE HOTEL.
WE CLEAR THE AREA JUST MINUTES
WE GOT A CALL TO UPDATE.
WE HAVE SEARCH WARRANTS IN HAND
. WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO
WORK WITH THE BUFFALO POLICE
DEPARTMENT, CERTAINLY, OUR STATE
AND LOCAL PARTNERS, ALONG WITH
OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS, DEPENDING
ON WHERE THIS INVESTIGATION GOES
. WE ARE IN THE INFANCY OF THIS
INVESTIGATION.
WE CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
BEING PRUDENT THROUGHOUT THIS
ENTIRE INVESTIGATION.
WE DO BELIEVE THAT MR. ULRICH
RELIEF FOR US IN OUR COMMUNITY
AS A WHOLE.
WE ARE NOT LOOKING FOR
WE HAVE TIME ON OUR SIDE.
WE CAN GATHER THE INFORMATION
ONCE THE SCENE IS SECURED.
MINNEAPOLIS POM SQUAD TO TELL
US WHEN THE SCENES ARE SECURE.
WE CAN STOP THE TEDIOUS PROCESS
OF MAKING SURE WE DOCUMENT TO
THE FULLEST OF OUR ABILITY.
COMMENTS FROM CHIEF BUDKE THAT
HER HEART GOES OUT TO THIS
ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
WE IN THE LAW ENFORCEMENT
ANYONE.
IS A HEARTFELT, PRAYERFUL
MESSAGE TO THE COMMUNITY THAT
WE WILL DO EVERYTHING THAT WE
CAN TO BRING THIS TO A CLOSURE.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK OUR
LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL
PARTNERS THAT HAVE SHOWED UP.
I HAVE HAD MANY CONVERSATIONS
WITH SEVERAL SURROUNDING POLICE
CHIEFS AND SHERIFFS.
IT MEANS A LOT TO HAVE THOSE
RELATIONSHIPS DEVELOPED AT A
TIME LIKE THIS WHEN WE NEEDED
THE MOST.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO UPDATE TO
THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY AS THIS
INVESTIGATION IS CERTAINLY IN
ITS INFANCY, AND WE WILL
CONTINUE TO GATHER INFORMATION
WE WILL CONTINUE TO UPDATE TO
THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY.
THANK YOU FOR TAKING PART IN
THIS.
I LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO THE
BUFFALO HOSPITAL PRESIDENT,