I
I JUST
I JUST GOT INTO THE CLINIC AND I HAD JUST CHECKED IN AND I WAS
WALKING TO BE SIX 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.
THAT WOMAN WAS INSIDE A HEALTH
CLINIC BUFFALLO MINNESOTA THIS
MORNING WITNESSI A MASS
SHOOTING THAT HAS LEFT MULTIPLE
PEOPLE INJURED. THE 67 YEAR OLD
SUSPECT IS IN CUSTODY. AND WE
JUST HEARD FROM AUTHORITIES
IN AN EMOTIONAL NEWS CONFERENCE.
BUFFALLO IS ABOUT 30 MILES WEST
OF THE TWIN CITIES. THE ALLINA
HEALTH CLINIC STILL CRIME SCENE
RIGHT NOW. LUBER GOOSE IS
IN BUFFALLO LIVE NOW WITH THE
LATEST LOU . AND I CAN TELL YOU
THIS COMMUNITY IS ABSOLUTELY
DEVASTATED ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED
TODAY. WE'RE ABOUT A BLOCK RIGHT
NOW AWAY FROM THE CLINIC.
IT'S BEHIND ME. THIS IS
THE ALLINA CROSSROADS CLINIC
JUST OFF HIGHWAY 55 IN BUFFALLO.
THE ROADS LEADING UP TO IT
ARE STILL BLOCKED OFF AND THERE
ARE CITY AUTHORITIES HERE .
THE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS
HERE . MINNEAPOLIS POLICE SENT
THEIR BOMB SQUAD THERE
INVESITGATING HERE . AND THERE
ARE FEDERAL ATF AGENTS
INVESTIGATING WHAT HAPPENED
TODAY. IT ALL STARTED AT ABOUT
11:00 A.M. WHEN THEY GOT A 911
CALL THAT SOMEBODY OPENED FIRE
INSIDE THE CLINIC. WHEN
EMERGENCY RESPONDERS GOT THERE,
THERE WERE FIVE PEOPLE WOUNDED.
THEY'VE SINCE BEEN FLOWN TO THE
HOSPITAL AND ARE UNDERGOING
SURGERY. THEY DID NOT GIVE US
A GOOD IDEA OF THE SEVERITY
OF THEIR INJURIES, BUT WE
ARE TOLD THAT FIVE PEOPLE WERE
SHOT.
SHOT.
SHOT. >>
SHOT. >> NOW, IT'S A HISTORY
THAT SPANS SEVERAL YEARS
AND THERE CERTAINLY IS A HISTORY
OF HIM BEING UNHAPPY WITH WITH
HEALTH CARE , WITH THE
HEALTH CARE THAT HE RECEIVED.
THERE'S ALSO WITHIN THAT HISTORY
,YOU KNOW, NOTHING TO INDICATE
THAT THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE
SITUATION THAT WE ARE AT TODAY.
NOW THAT WAS THE POLICE CHIEF
SPEAKING AT A PRESS CONFERENCE
THAT FINISHED JUST MOMENTS AGO,
HE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE SUSPECT
WHO THE WRIGHT COUNTY SHERIFF
IDENTIFIED AS A 67 YEAR OLD,
GREGORY ULICK, A MAN WHO'S LIVED
IN THE BUFFALLO AREA HERE FOR
QUITE SOME TIME. LAW ENFORCEMENT
SAYS THAT THEY'VE HAD A LOT
OF CONTACTS WITH HIM. AND ONE
OF THE FIRST THINGS THEY SAID IS
THEY DO NOT CONSIDER THIS AN ACT
OF TERROR, MEANING THAT THEY
BELIEVE HE CAME HERE TARGETING
THIS CLINIC, POSSIBLY PEOPLE
INSIDE OF IT SPECIFICALLY.
I HAVE READ COURT DOCUMENT
THAT SHOWS THAT THERE WAS
A DOCTOR AT THIS CLINIC WHO WAS
ORDERED. THIS SUSPECT WAS
ORDERED TO STAY AWAY FROM THERE
WAS HE WAS ORDERED NOT TO HAVE
CONTACT WITH THE DOCTOR AT THIS
CLINIC. SO THAT'S SOMETHING
THAT WE'RE LOOKING INTO RIGHT
NOW. THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER
PROTECTION ORDERS THAT HAVE BEEN
FILED AGAINST THIS MAN AND THEY
WEREN'T ABLE TO TELL US MUCH, IF
ANYTHING, ABOUT A POSSIBLE
MOTIVE. BUT AT THE END OF THE
PRESS CONFERENCE, THE WRIGHT
COUNTY ATTORNEY GOT UP AND SAID
THAT HE EXPECTS HIS FIRST COURT
APPEARANCE TO BE THURSDAY
MORNING AND HE WILL BE FILING
A DETAILED CRIMINAL COMPLAINT
THAT WILL LAY OUT A LOT OF THESE
QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE ANSWERS
TO THESE QUESTIONS, SUCH AS
A POSSIBLE MOTIVE. ONE MORE
THING TO ADD IS THERE WAS POLICE
RESPONSE THIS AFTERNOON AS
WELL AT A SUPER EIGHT MOTEL NOT
TOO FAR FROM HERE . AND THAT WAS
BECAUSE THE AUTHORITIES FOUND
OUT THAT THIS MAN HAD BEEN
STAYING AT THAT MOTEL.
AUTHORITIES TOLD US THEY WENT
INSIDE AND THEY FOUND SEVERAL
POSSIBLE EXPLOSIVE DEVICES. SO
THEY HAD TO EVACUATE THAT MOTEL
AND THEY HAVE SEARCH WARRANTS
IN HAND AND THEY'RE SEARCHING
THAT RIGHT NOW. THERE WAS THERE
WERE EARLIER REPORTS OF POSSIBLE
EXPLOSIONS HERE AT THE CLINIC.
AS OF RIGHT NOW, IT'S STILL
UNCLEAR WHETHER THERE ACTUALLY
WERE EXPLOSIONS OR NOT. BUT WE
DO KNOW THAT THERE WAS
A SUSPICIOUS DEVICE THAT THE
MINNEAPOLIS BOMB TEAM,
MINNEAPOLIS POLICE BOMB SQUAD IS
HERE INVESTIGATI AS WE SPEAK.
SO WE LITERALLY JUST GOT ALL
THIS INFORMATION IN THE LAST
HOUR HERE AND WE EXPECT A LOT
MORE TO COME OUT EVEN BEFORE
OUR NEWS AT FIVE AND SIX
O'CLOCK. SO MAKE SURE TO CHECK
BACK WITH THEM.
>> BACK TO YOU. YEAH, LOU ,
STILL A VERY DEVELOPING STORY
AND OF COURSE, YOU POINT OUT
THE BIG QUESTION THAT'S
UNANSWERED, THE CONDITION
OF THOSE FIVE PEOPLE WHO WERE
SHOT AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ANXIOUS
TO SEE HOW THEY ARE DOING
TONIGHT LOU . THANK YOU. WELL ,
KATHY KIRK HAD NO IDEA WHAT SHE
WAS IN FOR WHEN SHE WALKED
IN FOR HER APPOINTMENT AT
THE CLINIC THIS MORNING . SHE
SAW THE MAN ACCUSED OF OPENING
FIRE.
FIRE.
FIRE. >>
FIRE. >> I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO
AND I JUST WALKED BY AND I
CALLED 911 AND I JUST WHERE
I WAS THAT THERE WAS THERE WAS
A GUN. I THINK A SHOOTHING.
>> AND I WAS HIDING. WE HAVE
MULTIPLE