SHOTS
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
.WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING BREAKING
NEWS ALL DAY IS FIVE PEOPLE WERE
SHOT AT A CLINIC IN BUFFALLO.
THE SUSPECT IS IN CUSTODY
AND MULTIPLE SOURCES
TELL KARE 11 A VICTIM HAS DIED.
POLICE IDENTIFY THE SUSPECT AS
67 YEAR OLD GREGORY ULRIKKE,
SOMEONE WHO AUTHORITIES THERE
SAY THEY ARE FAMILIAR WITH .
>> HERE'S WHAT ONE WITNESS SAYS
SHE SAW.
SHE SAW.
SHE SAW. >> AS I JUST GOT INTO THE CLINIC
AND I HAD JUST CHECKED IN AND
I WAS WALKING TO THIS TO TAKE
A SEAT AND I HEARD THIS MAN SAY,
GET DOWN ON THE GROUND. AND I
TURNED AND I SAW THE BACK
OF THIS MAN AND HE HAD A GUN
AND THERE WERE SCREAMING
AND THERE WAS SHOOTHING. WELL ,
THAT MAN OPENED FIRE JUST BEFORE
11:00 AT THE ALLINA CLINIC
IN BUFFALLO, ABOUT 30 MINUTES
WEST OF THE TWIN CITIES. WE HAVE
LIVE COVERAGE TONIGHT AND WE
ARE STARTING WITH LOU RAGUSE
WITH A BREAKDOWN OF WHAT POLICE
SAY HAPPENED LOU .
>> JULIE, WE HAVE
NEW INFORMATION JUST IN THE LAST
HOUR HERE AS YOU MENTIONED,
WE'VE CONFIRMED THAT ONE OF THE
VICTIMS OF TODAY'S SHOOTING HAS
DIED. WE CONFIRMED THAT THROUGH
SOURCES. WE HAVE AN UPDATE
ON THE OTHER FOUR VICTIMS.
ACCORDING TO NORTHOME MEMORIAL
HOSPITAL FOR PEOPLE WERE FLOWN
THERE. OF THOSE FOUR , ONE HAS
BEEN DISCHARGED FROM
THE HOSPITAL. THE OTHER THREE
ARE IN CRITICAL BUT SERIOUS
CONDITION. THE WRIGHT COUNTY
SHERIFF IDENTIFIED THE SHOOTER
AS 67 YEAR OLD GREGORY ULRIKKE.
THEY SAID THAT THIS IS SOMEBODY
WHO HAS LIVED IN THE BUFFALLO
AREA FOR MANY YEARS AND SOMEBODY
THAT THEY ARE VERY FAMILIAR
WITH THROUGH A NUMBER OF POLICE
CALLS AND INTERACTIONS. AND JUST
IN THE LAST HOUR, WE TALKED
WITH ULRIKKE ROOMMATE, HIS
FORMER ROOMMATE, WHO TOLD US
THAT ULRIKKE WOULD BECOME UPSET
WITH DOCTORS WHO WOULD REFUSE
TO PRESCRIBE HIM PAINKILLERS.
NOW, THE AUTHORITIES TOLD US
THAT THEY ARE COMFORTABLE SAYING
THAT THIS WAS A TARGETED ATTACK
,THAT IT WASN'T A RANDOM ACT
OF TERRORISM, BUT THAT ULRIKKE
HAD PROBLEMS WITH THIS CLINIC
AND PEOPLE WHO WORKED AT THIS
CLINIC. HERE'S MORE OF WHAT
POLICE SAID ABOUT THAT . BUT AT
THIS POINT , BECAUSE OF THE
CONTACT THAT WE HAVE HAD
WITH HIM AND HIS FAMILIARITY
AND A HISTORY OF CONFLICT,
THAT'S WHERE WE BASE THAT BELIEF
THAT THIS WAS AN ISOLATED
AND ONLY DIRECTED AT
THAT FACILITY OR PEOPLE WITHIN
THAT FACILITY.
THAT FACILITY. >> STILL A LOT OF UNANSWERED
QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW. THERE WERE
REPORTS OF AN EXPLOSION
AND AUTHORITIES SAY THAT THEY
FOUND WHAT COULD BE AN EXPLOSIVE
DEVICE INSIDE THE CLINIC.
HOWEVER, THEY WOULD NOT CONFIRM
WHETHER IT INDEED DID EXPLODE OR
NOT. AND THEY ALSO DID NOT SHARE
WHAT KIND OF WEAPONS THEY
RECOVERED AT THE CRIME SCENE
AND THEY WOULDN'T SPECULATE
FURTHER INTO THE MOTIVE,
ALTHOUGH THE WRIGHT COUNTY
ATTORNEY GOT UP AND SAID THAT HE
EXPECTS TO FILE A CRIMINAL
COMPLAINT WITH A LOT OF DETAILS
BY THURSDAY MORNING WHERE
WE COULD INDEED LEARN MORE
OF THOSE KIND OF DETAILS. THAT'S
IT FROM NOW FROM THE SCENE WHERE
THE ATF AN HOUR AGO COMBED
THROUGH THE PARKING LOT. NOW
THE BCA CRIME SCENE TRAILER HAS
JUST ARRIVED TO CONTINUE
THE INVESTIGATIO HERE AT THE
ALLINA CLINIC BUFFALLO. BACK
TO YOU. ABSOLUTELY TRAGIC.
THANK YOU. GREGORY YORUSELF HAS
A HISTORY OF MENTAL ILLNESS AS
WELL AS HARASSMENT AGAINST
THE DOCTOR AT THAT ALONE,
A CLINIC THAT WAS THE SCENE
OF TODAY'S VIOLENCE. ULRIK PLED
GUILTY IN TWENTY NINETEEN TO A
VIOLATION OF HARASSMENT
RESTRAINING ORDER THAT MANDATED
HE HAVE NO CONTACT WITH ANDREW
BURGDORF, WHO'S A DOCTOR WORKING
AT THE CLINIC. BUFFALLO POLICE
SAY HE HAD A HISTORY OF BEING
UNHAPPY. AS YOU HEARD FROM LOU ,
WITH HEALTH CARE HE HAD
RECEIVED. BUT IN APRIL OF LAST
YEAR THAT CASE WAS DISMISSED
BECAUSE ULRIKKE WAS FOUND
MENTALLY INCOMPETENT TO PROCEED.
>> WELL , SCHOOLS IN THE AREA
WERE PLACED ON LOCKDOWN, CAUSING
A LOT OF CONCERN FOR FAMILIES
AND STAFF. CHARMAINE NERO
CONTINUES OUR LIVE TEAM COVERAGE
TONIGHT. CHARMAIN HIGH .
>> THE SHOOTING DIDN'T ONLY
AFFECT PEOPLE DIRECTLY
HERE AT THE SCENE, BUT PARENTS,
COMMUNITY MEMBERS, STUDENTS WHO
WERE AT SCHOOLS THAT WERE FORCED
INTO LOCKDOWN AFTER THIS
INCIDENT. WE SPOKE TO ONE PARENT
WHO TOLD US THAT SHE RECEIVED
TEXT MESSAGES FROM THE DISTRICT
WITH A PLAN TO PICK STUDENTS
UP CLOSE TO AN HOUR AFTER
THE INCIDENT HAPPENED. ONE
PARENT SAYS SHE WAS TOLD
STUDENTS WERE BEING TRANSFERRED
TO A HIGH SCHOOL. SHE SAYS SHE
WAS TOLD PARENTS WOULD BE ABLE
TO PICK STUDENTS UP AT THE BACK
DOOR AROUND ONE 30 EARLIER
TODAY, WE SPOKE TO ONE STUDENT
ALONG WITH HER MOTHER WHO
DESCRIBES THAT SCARY ORDEAL.
BUT IT WAS JUST IT WAS PRETTY
SCARY. AND WE DIDN'T WE DIDN'T
KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON AND SO
THAT WAS A LITTLE FREAKY.
WE WERE ALL ALL OF US WERE
FREAKING OUT AND A LOT OF THE
KIDS, WE SAW THEM CRYING
AND STUFF BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T
KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON . AND THE
LOCKDOWN THAT STUDENT TOLD US
SHE INITIALLY THOUGHT IT WAS
A LOCKDOWN DRILL AND THEY SAID
THEY HAD NO IDEA WHAT WAS
HAPPENING OUT HERE . WE REACHED
OUT TO THAT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL,
BUT THEY DID NOT WANT TO COMMENT
AT THIS TIME. WE'RE GOING TO GO
TO HEIDI RIGHT NOW WITH MORE.
HI, CHARMAINE . YEAH, ALL DAY
WE'VE BEEN HEARING FROM PEOPLE
WHO LIVE IN THIS COMMUNITY
AND SAY THEY'RE IN SHOCK OVER
WHAT HAPPENED. THERE ARE A LOT
OF BUSINESSES JUST ACROSS
THE STREET FROM THE CLINIC
AND THAT'S WHERE WE SPOKE
TO JULIE PARKS. SHE'S A BRANCH
OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR AT EDWARD
JONES. SHE SAYS AROUND 11:00 SHE
HEARD A BOOM THAT SOUNDED LIKE
A CAR ACCIDENT. ABOUT 30 SECONDS
LATER, SHE HEARD SIRENS AS FIRST
RESPONDERS STARTED TO ARRIVE.
SHE SAYS SHE KNOWS PEOPLE WHO
WORK AT THE CLINIC AND SHE'S
BEEN ANXIOUSLY AWAITING TO HEAR
THE NAMES OF THE VICTIMS.
WE ALSO HEARD FROM BUFFALLO
MAYOR TERRY LACHERMEIER. THIS
DOESN'T HAPPEN IN BUFFALLO,
MINNESOTA. RIGHT. BUT WE GOT
TO EITHER FOR THESE PEOPLE
THAT ARE NEEDING US, WE GOT
TO REACH OUT AND YOU KNOW,
IN THIS TIME OF COVID WHERE YOU
CAN'T PHYSICALLY HUG SOMEONE,
WE NEED TO REACH OUT BY PHONE
AND MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S OK.
>> EARLIER TODAY, GOVERNOR WALZ
SAID HE ALSO HAD A CHANCE
TO SPEAK TO THE MAYOR.
MEANWHILE, BACK HERE AT THE
SCENE AT THE CLINIC, THE FBI
AND BCR ARE CURRENTLY CLEARING
THE BUILDING AND THEY SAID THEY
EXPECT THIS TO BE A LONG NIGHT.
>> BACK TO YOU, RANDY. ALL
RIGHT. THANK YOU, HEIDI. WELL ,
MOST OF THE VICTIMS WERE TAKEN
TO NORTH MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, AS
LOU TOLD US ABOUT. THAT'S WHERE
SHARON WAS LIVE WITH SOME
NEW INFORMATION ON THOSE VICTIMS
TONIGHT. SHARON .
>> HEY, RANDY. SO WE DID RECEIVE
CONFIRMATION FROM NORTH MEMORIAL
HEALTH JUST IN THE LAST HOUR
HERE IN ROBBINSDALE. THEY WERE
ABLE TO CONFIRM TO US THAT FOUR
VICTIMS FROM THAT ALLINA
HEALTH SHOOTING AND BUFFALLO
WERE TRANSPORTED HERE TO NORTH
MEMORIAL'S TRAUMA CENTER
IN ROBBINSDALE. THEY TOLD US
THAT AS OF FOUR THIRTY P.M. THIS
AFTERNOON, ONE PERSON WAS
DISCHARGED AND THREE OTHERS
ARE IN CRITICAL BUT STABLE
CONDITION. THEY WERE NOT ABLE
TO GIVE US ANY FURTHER DETAILS
ON THIS MATTER, BUT IN THE SAME
STATEMENT, THEY DID SHARE
THAT THEIR CONDOLENCES AND THEIR
THOUGHTS ARE WITH THE FOLKS OVER
AT ALLINA HEALTH AND THAT THEY
ARE HERE TO HELP IN ANY WAY
POSSIBLE. FOR NOW, WE'LL SEND IT
BACK TO YOU. THANK YOU, SHERRIF.
GOVERNOR WALZ ALSO DID TAKE
A MOMENT TODAY TO TALK ABOUT
WHAT HAPPENED.
WHAT HAPPENED. >> I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU
TO THE BUFFALLO POLICE
DEPARTMENT, THE WRIGHT COUNTY
SHERIFFS AND THE MAYOR AND HER
TEAM. I THINK PROBABLY WHEN
THE DATA COMES OUT, SAVED LIVES
BY THEIR ACTIONS AND WE'RE
GRATEFUL FOR THAT.
>> SO THANK YOU ALL.
THE GOVERNOR WAS REACTING TO THE
SHOOTING AHEAD OF AN EVENT AT
A SENIOR LIVING CENTER TODAY
IN MINNEAPOLIS. WE , OF