OUR
OUR HEARTS BREAK TODAY AS A COMMUNITY 10 54 A.M.
WE RECEIVED A 911 CALL FROM
A CLINIC IN THE SORRY,
THE REPORT WAS THAT SHOTS HAVE
BEEN FIRED. OFFICERS RESPONDED.
THOSE OFFICERS IMMEDIATELY WERE
GIVEN INFORMATION THAT THE
SHOOTER HAD SORRY, THAT THERE
WERE SEVERAL PEOPLE INJURED
WITHIN THE CLINIC AND I WOULD
JUST LIKE TO SAY I'M VERY PROUD
OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF LAW
ENFORCEMENT THAT RESPONDED
TO ASSIST WITH THIS INCIDENT
TO PUT THEMSELVES IN HARM'S WAY.
EVERYONE CAME TOGETHER AND I
JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU
AGAIN. OUR HEART BREAKS AS
A COMMUNITY. THIS IS A DAY
THAT NO COMMUNITY WOULD I KNOW
COMMUNITY WOULD WANT TO TO GO
THROUGH.
THROUGH.
THROUGH. >> THAT WAS THE BUFFALLO CHIEF
OF POLICE DOING HIS BEST
TO DESCRIBE THE HORROR
THAT HAPPENED IN THAT COMMUNITY
THIS MORNING . ABOUT AN HOUR
BEFORE NOON, FIVE PEOPLE WERE
SHOT AT THE LYNAGH
HEALTH CLINIC. SEVERAL SOURCES
ARE TELLING US THAT ONE OF THE
PEOPLE SHOT HAS DIED. LOU RAGUSE
IS ONE OF SEVERAL ON OUR TEAM
IN THE COMMUNITY OF BUFFALLO.
HE JOINS US LIVE TONIGHT LOU .
YEAH, JENNA, THE CLIP THAT YOU
PLAYED THERE, THAT WAS
THE BEGINNING OF THE PRESS
CONFERENCE WITH BUFFALLO POLICE
CHIEF. CLEARLY STRUGGLING
TO HOLD BACK TEARS AND TO FIGHT
THE EMOTION JUST TO EXPLAIN
THE BASICS OF WHAT HAPPENED
HERE . AND THAT'S KIND OF THE
FEELING AROUND THIS TOWN. IT IS
A SMALL ENOUGH TOWN HERE IN
BUFFALLO THAT A LOT PEOPLE KIND
OF HAVE THAT THAT IT'S NOT
SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN HERE . TYPE
OF FEELING ABOUT THE ENTIRE
THING. IT'S SMALL ENOUGH TOWN
THAT AS THE VICTIMS NAMES
ARE SPREADING, YOU AMONG
THE COMMUNITY. IT'S KIND OF LIKE
A FRIEND OF A FRIEND, OF A
FRIEND OF AT LEAST JUST ABOUT
EVERYBODY HERE . SO EVERYONE
IN THIS TOWN FEELS LIKE THEY
HAVE SOME SORT OF CONNECTION
TO WHAT HAPPENED. AND YOU KNOW,
THAT COMBINED WITH THE HORROR
OF THE REALITY OF WHAT HAPPENED
INSIDE THE CLINIC IS IS KIND
OF HITTING HOME WITH A LOT
PEOPLE HERE TODAY.
>> ABSOLUTELY, LOU . WE HEARD SO
MANY THINGS AS THINGS WERE GOING
ON LATE THIS MORNING . OBVIOUSLY
THE SHOOTING FIGURING OUT WHO
THE SHOOTER WAS. BUT EARLY ON WE
WERE HEARING ABOUT POSSIBLE
BOMBS AND EXPLOSIONS BEING LEFT
AT DIFFERENT PLACES. DO WE KNOW
TONIGHT IF THAT WAS THE CASE?
YEAH, THAT IS ONE OF THE BIZARRE
PARTS OF THIS FOR SURE. THEY
FOUND WHAT THEY THOUGHT WAS AN
EXPLOSIVE DEVICE BOTH
HERE AT THE CLINIC AND SEVERAL
MORE OVER AT THE SUPER8 MOTEL
WHERE THIS SUSPECT APPARENTLY
HAD BEEN STAYING BEFORE. I GUESS
WHAT'S WHAT'S IN QUESTION RIGHT
NOW IS WHETHER OR NOT ANY
OF THESE EXPLOSIVES ACTUALLY
WENT OFF. IT'S WEIRD TO NOT
REALLY KNOW FOR SURE WHETHER
THEY WENT OFF OR NOT.
BUT THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT
AGENCIES HERE , INVESITGATING
MINNEAPOLIS POLICE SENT THEIR
BOMB SQUAD TO GO IN AND CHECK
THINGS OUT AND THEY WERE THEY
DID SHARE A LOT OF INFORMATION,
FRANKLY, AT THAT PRESS
CONFERENCE. BUT AT THE SAME
TIME, THEY WERE CAREFUL ABOUT
NOT SAYING SOMETHING THAT MIGHT
END UP BEING INCORRECT. AND SO
THAT'S WHERE THINGS STAND
ON THAT. ONE THING TO POINT OUT
TSCHANN, THIS IS A CLINIC
HERE WHERE THEY'RE DOING A LOT
OF COVID-19 VACCINATION. AND I
THINK THAT THAT WAS ONE OF THE
FEARS THAT PEOPLE HAD WHEN THEY
HEARD ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED
HERE IS THAT IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN
SOMEBODY THAT WAS TARGETING
THEM FOR FOR A REASON LIKE
THAT , ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU START
TALKING ABOUT HOMEMADE BOMBS
AND STUFF LIKE THAT . AND I
THINK THE MORE THAT WE'RE
LEARNING ABOUT THIS SUSPECT
WHO'S NOT YET BEEN FORMALLY
CHARGED, BUT HE'S BEEN
IDENTIFIED BY THE SHERRIF AS 67
YEAR OLD GREGORY ULRIKKE,
IT'S SOUNDING MORE AND MORE FROM
WHAT THEY'RE TELLING US
AND ABOUT HIS HISTORY. WE'RE
LEARNING THAT HE HAD PROBLEMS
WITH THE CLINIC PERSONALLY
AND HE HAD PROBLEMS WITH DOCTORS
HERE . AND THERE HAD BEEN
THE PAST INCIDENTS THAT ARE
GOING TO CONTINUE TO COME OUT
IN THE DAYS TO COME.
>> ONE MORE QUICK QUESTION
BEFORE WE LET YOU GO AND MOVE
ON TO TALK MORE ABOUT
THAT SUSPECT. DO YOU KNOW WHEN
POLICE GOT THERE TO THE SCENE,
DID THAT SUSPECT PUT UP A FIGHT?
DID ANYTHING ELSE HAPPEN OR DID
HE SURRENDER TO POLICE? IT
SOUNDED LIKE HE SURRENDERED.
IN FACT, YOU KNOW, THE DISPATCH
AUDIO THAT WE'RE ABLE TO HEAR
THAT THAT DOESN'T ALWAYS END
UP TO BE TRUE. BUT WHAT THEY
WERE SAYING OVER THE DISPATCH
WAS THAT HE WAS LAYING SPRAWLED
OUT ON THE FLOOR ALMOST LIKE
HE HAD WALKED IN , DID WHAT
HE DID AND THEN SURRENDERED
AND WAITED FOR POLICE TO COME.
SO THOSE ARE THE KIND OF DETAILS
THAT WILL DEFINITELY COME OUT
IN THE CRIMINAL COMPLAINT IN THE
NEXT DAY OR TWO HERE . BUT THERE
WAS NO SORT OF HOSTAGE SITUATION
OR SHOOTOUT. IT JUST SOUNDS LIKE
THE SHOOTING HAPPENED HERE .
SOMETHING MAY HAVE HAPPENED
WITH AN EXPLOSIVE DEVICE
AND THEN HE GAVE HIMSELF UP TO
THE POLICE. ALL RIGHT. THANKS SO
MUCH, LOU . SO NOW WE MOVE ON TO
WHO IS THAT SUSPECT? SIXTY SEVEN
YEAR OLD GREGORY PAUL OELRICH.
LET'S BRING IN OUR EITZEN
REPORTER, AJ LAGOE. AJ,
YOU'VE BEEN LOOKING INTO
THEM ALL DAY. WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN
ABLE TO FIND OUT?
>> ORGINAL WHAT WE'VE LEARNED SO
FAR IS THAT THE SUSPECT IN THIS
MASS SHOOTING, GREGORY ULRIKKE,
HAS A HISTORY OF HARASSMENT
AND THREATS OF VIOLENCE AGAINST
A DOCTOR AT TTHAT ALLINA CLINIC.
AND THERE WAS ALSO DOCUMENTED
WARNINGS THIS WAS NOT A MAN WHO
SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO OWN
FIREARMS. MR. ULRIKKE PLED
GUILTY IN TWENTY NINETEEN TO THE
VIOLATION OF A HARASSMENT
RESTRAINING ORDER THAT MANDATED
THAT HE HAVE NO CONTACT
WITH ANDREW BURGDORF, A DOCTOR
WHO WORKS AT THAT ALLINA CLINIC
IN BUFFALLO. HE WAS NOT ALLOWED
TO ENTER THE ALLINA CLINIC OR
THE BUFFALLO HOSPITAL UNLESS
HE WAS TRANSPORTED BY MEDICAL
PERSONNEL OR EMERGENCY
AND THAT'S WHAT THE COURT
RECORDS SHOW. AND IN THE FILE
THAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR ,
WE FOUND OUR SERVICES AGENT WHO
WAS DOING A PRE TRIAL OR
PRESENTENCING INVESTIGATION,
PRESENTENCING INVESTIGATION, LEARNED THAT MR. YORK HAD
APPLIED FOR A PERMIT TO PURCHASE
A FIREARM. AND THE AGENT WROTE,
I'M READING IT OFF THE DOCUMENT
HERE . IT SAYS IT IS HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED THAT THE DEFENDANT
NOT BE ALLOWED TO HAVE, USE OR
POSSESS ANY DANGEROUS WEAPONS OR
FIREARMS AS A CONDITION OF HIS
PROBATION. AND WE DON'T KNOW IF
THAT PERMIT TO PURCHASE WAS
GRANTED OR NOT. THAT'S NOT PART
OF THE COURT FILE. BUT CLEARLY
MR. ULRIKKE IS ALLEGED TO HAVE
HAD FIREARMS IN HIS POSSESSION
AND IN APRIL OF LAST YEAR,
IN APRIL OF TWENTY TWENTY TTHAT
CASE FOR VIOLATING
THE HARASSMENT RESTRAINING ORDER
WAS DISMISSED BECAUSE MR.
GONVICK WAS FOUND TO BE MENTALLY
INCOMPETENT. AND WHEN
THAT HAPPENS, WHEN A CASE LIKE
THAT IS DISMISSED, ONE THING
I'VE BEEN READING IS THAT THAT
OFTEN THE PART ABOUT FIREARMS
STAYS TRUE, THOUGH THAT THE
PERSON SHOULD BE KEPT AWAY FROM
FIREARMS OR EVEN BE ASKED
TO TURN THOSE IN TO LAW
ENFORCEMENT. IS THAT RIGHT,
A.J.? ORGINAL ACTUALLY
A MINNESOTA LAW SAYS THAT A
PERSON IS INELIGIBLE TO POSSESS
FIREARMS FOR A NUMBER
OF DIFFERENT REASONS. AND ONE
OF THOSE REASONS ACTUALLY IS IF
YOU HAVE EVER BEEN FOUND
INCOMPETENT TO STAND TRIAL OR
FOUND NOT GUILTY BY REASON
OF MENTAL ILLNESS AND CLEARLY
MR. ULRIKKE WAS FOUND TO NOT BE
COMPETENT TO GO FORWARD IN THIS
WITH HIS PRIOR CHARGES
FOR REASONS OF MENTAL ILLNESS.
SO UNLESS HE SOMEHOW HAD HIS
ABILITY TO POSSESS A FIREARM OR
AMMUNITION RESTORED, WHICH THERE
IS A PROCESS FOR THAT AND UNLESS
THAT HAD HAPPENED, HE WAS NOT
ALLOWED TO POSSESS CLEARANCE.
>> ALL RIGHT, A.J., I KNOW YOU
AND YOUR TEAM ARE WORKING HARD
ON THIS TO GET US THE LATEST
AND MORE THAT YOU