NOW, THIS IS BREAKING NEWS
FROM WCCO.
GOOD AFTERNOON. WE ARE
HOPING TO LEARN MORE IN THE
SHOOTING JUST WEST OF THE TWIN
CITIES.
JUST BEFORE 11:00 THIS MONEY, A
GUNMAN OPENED FIRE AT AN ALLINA
CLINIC IN BUFFALO, MINNESOTA.
INVESTIGATORS TELL US SEVERAL
PEOPLE WERE HIT, AND SOME HAD
TO BE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL.
WE DO NOT KNOW THEIR CONDITIONS
HOWEVER, WE HAVE JUST CONFIRMED
THAT POLICE HAVE ARRESTED
GREGORY ALDRICH FOR THE
SHOOTING.
NOT SURE HOW TO PRONOUNCE HIS
NAME.
WE ARE LITERALLY JUST GETTING
THIS INFORMATION IN RIGHT NOW.
WE CAN TELL YOU HE IS 67 YEARS
OLD, AND HE LIVES IN BUFFALO.
WE ARE WORKING TO LEARN MORE
ABOUT HIM AND HOW POLICE WERE
ABLE TO ARREST HIM.
WE WILL SHOW YOU THE SCENE FROM
SKY 4. THAT WAS A HUGE POLICE
AGENCIES FROM ALL OVER THE
METRO WERE CALLED IN TO HELP
WITH THE CALL OF AN ACTIVE
SHOOTER BUT WAS GO TO THE PRESS
CONFERENCE NOW AND GET THE VERY
LATEST TAKING PLACE IN BUFFALO.
MY NAME IS PAT.
I AM THE POLICE CHIEF FOR THE
CITY OF BUFFALO POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
OUR HEARTS BREAK TODAY AS A
COMMUNITY.
AT 11:54 -- I'M SORRY.
AT 10:54 A.M.
, WE RECEIVED A 911 CALL FROM A
THE 700 BLOCK OF CROSSROADS
CAMPUS DRIVE. THE REPORT WAS
THAT SHOTS HAD BEEN FIRED.
OFFICERS IMMEDIATELY WERE GIVEN
INFORMATION THAT THE SHOOTER HAD
-- I'M SORRY.
THAT THERE WERE SEVERAL PEOPLE
ENTERED WITHIN THE CLINIC.
OFFICERS RESPONDING LOCATED
MULTIPLE VICTIMS, AND ALSO THE
SHOOTER, A 67-YEAR-OLD MALE WHO
OFFICERS BEGAN TO RENDER AID TO
THE INJURED.
THERE IS NO INFORMATION AT THIS
POINT THAT LEADS US TO BELIEVE
THAT THERE IS ANY CONNECTIONS
WITH ANY DOMESTIC TERRORISM.
SUSPECT, AND I WOULD JUST LIKE
TO SAY, I AM VERY PROUD OF THE
MEN AND WOMEN OF LAW
ENFORCEMENT THAT RESPONDED TO
ASSIST WITH THIS INCIDENT, WHO
PUT THEMSELVES IN HARMS WAY.
I WANT TO THANK THE MULTIPLE
AGENCIES, REPRESENTATIVES HERE
WITH US. EVERYONE CAME TOGETHER
. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU
AGAIN. A HEARTBREAKS AS A
COMMUNITY.
THIS IS A DAY THAT NO COMMUNITY
WOULD WOULD WANT TO GO THROUGH.
WE WOULD NOT -- ESPECIALLY
THOSE STAFF THAT WERE THERE.
THOSE THAT WERE INJURED.
THE FAMILIES OF THOSE THAT ARE
INJURED.
OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE
WITH THEM.
AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO THANK
EVERYONE THAT HAS RESPONDED TO
ASSIST US.
AT THIS POINT, I'M GOING TO ASK
THAT THE SHERIFF TALK ABOUT HIS
AGENCY IN PART IN THIS
INVESTIGATION.
THANK YOU.