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MINNESOTA.
ONE PERSON DEAD AND OTHERS HURT
WITH A SHOOTING INSIDE OF A
>> HE'S IN CUSTODY, BUT BOMB
SQUADS HAD INVESTIGATED
SUSPICIOUS PACKAGES AT THE
CLINIC AND A SUPER 8 MOTEL
NEARBY WHERE THE SUSPECT WAS
STAYING.
>> OUR TEAM COVERAGE BEGINS
THIS EVENING OUTSIDE OF NORTH
MEMORIAL HEALTH HOSPITAL.
>> Reporter: FRANK, FOUR
PEOPLE WERE TAKEN HERE TO NORTH
MEMORIAL.
ONE WAS DISCHARGED, AND THE
OTHER THREE ARE IN CRITICAL BUT
STABLE CONDITION TONIGHT.
WE HAVE ALSO LEARNED THAT ONE
PERSON WAS TAKETON HCMC WHERE
THEY LATER DIED.
SO ONE PERSON CONFIRMED DEAD IN
TODAY'S SHOOTING.
OBVIOUSLY A HORRIFIC DAY FOR
CLINIC.
AND YOU'RE ABOUT TO HEAR FROM A
WOMAN WHO SURVIVED IT, WHO WAS
INSIDE AT THE TIME, AND FROM
DOWNRIGHT HERO TODAY, DRIVING
TWO NURSES TO SAFETY.
>> AND I JUST SAID WHERE I WAS,
THAT THERE WAS A MAN WITH A
THATS WAS HIDING.
>> Reporter: KATHY CALLED 911
IN A PASSENGER WHEN HUSH
ROUTINE MEDICAL APPOINTMENT
TURNED INTO A NIGHTMARE.
>> AND I HEARD THIS MAN SAY GET
AND I TURNED, AND I SAW THE
BACK OF THIS MAN, AND HE HAD A
GUN.
AND THERE WAS SCREAMING AND
THERE WAS SHOOTING.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
>> WE WERE IN THE PARKING LOT.
>> Reporter: AS TIFFANY
DROPPED HER MOM OFF AT THE
CLINIC TUESDAY, SHE HAD NO IDEA
SHE WAS ABOUT TO BECOME A HERO.
>> TWO NURSES CAME RUNNING OUT,
AND WHEN WE ASKED THEM WHAT WAS
WRONG AND THEY SAID THERE'S
BEEN A SHOOTING, JUST SCRUBS,
NO PHONES, NOTHING.
THEY RAN OUT OF THERE PRETTY
QUICKLY.
RUN FOG THEIR LIVES.
>> THE FRONT DOOR THEY CAME OUT
OF WAS FEET AWAY FROM THE
WINDOWS THAT WERE SHOT AFTER
THEY CAME OUT.
THEY GOT OUT OF THERE JUST IN
TIME.
>> Reporter: THIS MEXICAN
RESTAURANT IS ACTUALLY RIGHT
NEXT TO THE CLINIC.
THE MANAGER TELLS ME HE WAS
JUST OPENING UP SHOP THIS
MORNING WHEN THREE NURSES CAME
IN, NO JACKETS, NO PHONE.
THEY ACTUALLY WANTED TO USE HIS
AND TELL THEM THAT THEY WERE
OKAY.
>> THIS IS THE FRONT DOOR THEY
CAME RUNNING OUT.
I WAS PARKED RIGHT OVER HERE.
>> Reporter: AFTER POLICE
MORE UNSETTLING NEWS.
>> MY SON'S SCHOOL IS IN
LOCKDOWN BECAUSE HE'S PRETTY
CLOSE THOUGH CLINIC.
>> Reporter: THE DAY WAS A
BLUR FOR POLICE.
>> I THINK ITS JUST CRAZY TO
HAPPEN IN THIS TOWN, AND, YOU
KNOW, THE SHOOTER WAS FROM THIS
TOWN, LOVES THE THIS TOWN.
>> Reporter: BUT IT'S A DAY
THAT WILL STICK WITH HER
FOREVER.
>> IT'S SCARY TO THINK OF HOW
CLOSE TO HOME IT WAS.
.
>> AND THE VICTIM, PATIENT,
NURSE, STAFF IT WOULD BE WE
KNOW, EVERY WERE, TONIGHT?
>> Reporter: YEAH, WE STILL DO
WE'RE GETTING THAT INFORMATION.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU.
>>> WELL, SOME WITNESSES SAY
THEY HEARD AN EXPLOSION, BUT
INVESTIGATORS HAVEN'T CONFIRMED
THAT.
>> THEY ARE STILL PIECING
TOGETHER WHAT HAPPENED INSIDE
THE CLINIC BEFORE THE SHOOTING
CALL CAME IN.
DAVID IS LIVE IN BUFFALO
TONIGHT WITH WHAT WE KNOW SO
FAR.
DAVID?
>> Reporter: UNSPEAKABLE HE
COMMUNITY IS LEFT STRUGGLING,
SEARCHING FOR PEACE.
THE BUFFALO POLICE CHIEF SAID
THIS UNTHINKABLE VIOLENCE.
A SHOTS FIRED REPORT CAME FROM
INSIDE THE HEALTH CLINIC IN
BUFFALO TUESDAY MORNING.
FIVE PEOPLE WERE SHOT.
>> Reporter: A SUSPICIOUS
PACKAGE WAS FOUND IN THE
CLINIC'S LOBBY AFTER IT WAS
EVACUATED.
THE WRIGHT COUNTY SHERIFF SAID
SUSPICIOUS DEVICE ALSO TURNED
UP IN A NEARBY MOTEL THE
SUSPECT WAS STAYING AT.
THE MINNEAPOLIS BOMB SQUAD WAS
BROUGHT IN, AND WHILE
INVESTIGATORS APPEARED TO BE
CLEAR OF BOTH LOCATIONS BY LATE
EVENING, IT'S UNKNOWN WHAT THEY
DETERMINED.
>> WE'LL RELY ON THE ATF AND
THE MINNEAPOLIS BOMB SQUAD TO
TELL US WHEN THESE SCENES ARE
SECURE.
ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
WE IN THE LAW ENFORCEMENT
COMMUNITY DON'T WISH THIS UPON
ANYONE.
>> Reporter: THE CHIEF SAID
THERE WERE NO EXPLOSIONS AFTER
POLICE ARRIVED, BUT HE DIDN'T
RULING OUT THAT THERE COULD
HAVE BEEN ONE EARLIER.
THE MAYOR SPOKE BRIEFLY MONDAY,
TOO.
>> WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT
THROUGH THIS.
IT'S GOING TO BE DIFFICULT.
THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN IN BUFFALO,
MINNESOTA, RIGHT?
BUT WE'VE GOT TO BE THERE FOR
THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE NEEDING
US.
>> Reporter: WE'VE LEARNED THE
TODAY'S ATTACK AND WAS
COOPERATIVE ONCE TAKEN INTO
CUSTODY.
THE SHERIFF ALSO CONFIRMED THAT
HIS DEPUTIES GOT SEARCH
WARRANTS FOR THE SUSPECT'S
MOTEL THIS AFTERNOON, BUT HE
DID SAY THIS INVESTIGATION IS
IN ITS INFANCY.
>> THANK YOU, DAVID.
>>> POLICE SAY THEY'VE BEEN
RESPONDING TO CALLS INVOLVING
THE SUSPECT FOR NEARLY TWO
DECADES.
67-YEAR-OLD GREG YULRICH LIVES
IN BUFFALO.
HE'S IN JAIL TONIGHT.
WE LOOK AT THE POSSIBLE WARNING
SIGNS LEADING UP TO TODAY'S
ATTACK.
>> Reporter: A CHAOTIC DAY FOR
NEIGHBORS WHO LIVE NEAR GREG
YULRICH IN BUFFALO.
>> WE HAD A KNOCK AT OUR DOOR
AND GOT TOLD TO EVACUATE.
>> Reporter: AUTHORITIES
CLEARED THE AREA WHILE THEY
CHECKED THE HOME THE SUSPECT
LIVED IN UNTIL RECENTLY.
THEY BROUGHT IN A K-209
THOROUGHLILY SEARCHED AND THEY
SURROUNDED A NEARBY MOTEL 8
WHERE HE HAD BEEN STAYING.
POLICE HAVE HAD CONTACT WITH
HIM SENSE 2003.
>> Reporter: NEIGHBORS SAY
THEY WERE USED TO SEEING POLICE
COME LOOKING FOR HIM HERE IN
THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
>> A LOT OF TIMES COME COMING
AND KNOCKING AND ASKING FOR HIM
WHEN HE WASN'T HOME.
MISDEMEANOR WAS VERY SELF
RIGHTEOUS.
HIS DEMEANOR WAS VERY -- HE
DEFINITELY ALWAYS TALKED LIKE
HE WAS A VICTIM.
>> Reporter: POLICE NOTED HE
HAD A HISTORY OF BEING UNHAPPY
WITH THE HEALTHCARE HE
RECEIVED.
BENJAMIN THOMPSON NOTICED A
SIGN IN HIS WINDOW ABOUT TWO
YEARS AGO, SAYING NOW HE WISHED
HE HAD ASKED FOR QUESTIONS.
>> ME HAD A SIGN THAT WAS
HANDWRITTEN.
IT SAID ILYA CROOKS.
THE SMALLER MESSAGE HAD A
STATEMENT ABOUT ONE PARTICULAR
DOCTOR.
>> Reporter: HIS CRIMINAL
HISTPRY IN WRIGHT COUNTY SHOWS
HE HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF DWI
THREE TIMES, AND WE HAVE
LEARNED THAT POLICE SUGGESTED
ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH GET A
RESTRAINING ORDER AGAINST HIM
AFTER HE SENT A THREATENING
LETTER.
THE CHURCH REPORT NO, SIR
CONTACT WITH HIM BEFORE OR
AFTER.
>>> ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH HELD A