RESTORE A SENSE OF SAFETY.
WE WILL MAKE IT THROUGH
THIS.
IT WILL BE DIFFICULT.
THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN IN
BUFFALO, MINNESOTA, RIGHT?
FROM MINNESOTA'S MOST-
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RATE A MAN IS IN CUSTODY AFTER
SHOOTING IN A CLINIC.
CALLS OF SHOTS FIRED CAME
INTO THE WRIGHT COUNTY
SHERIFF'S OFFICE AT 10:54 THIS
MORNING.
FIVE PEOPLE WERE TAKEN TO THE
POLICE TOOK THE SUSPECT INTO
YOUR CUSTODY.
GREGORY ACTED ALONE.
HE LIVES IN BUFFALO.
THEY ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH HIM
ANY HISTORY OF CONFLICT.
HE IS CURRENTLY IN THE WRIGHT
COUNTY JAIL.
BUFFALO IS A CITY OF ABOUT
16,000, 40 MINUTES NORTHWEST OF
THE TWIN CITIES.
OFFICIALS ALSO SEARCH A NEARBY
HOTEL AFTER A BOMB THREAT.
WE HAVE COVERAGE. AT THE
SCENE OF THE SUITING, RAJ.
Reporter: SEVERAL HOURS
GUNFIRE RANG OUT, THIS IS AN
ACTIVE SCENE.
TAKE A LOOK BEHIND ME.
THERE IS STILL A HUGE LAW
ENFORCEMENT PRESENCE HERE AS
AGENCIES FROM THE TWIN CITIES
HAVE HELPED WITH THIS CRIME
SCENE.
WE SEE THE MINNEAPOLIS BOMB
WHAT HAPPENED INSIDE THE CLINIC
THIS MORNING THAT LED TO THE
SHOOTING OF FIVE PEOPLE.
WE DID MEET ONE FATHER WHO SAYS
HE MISSED BEING INSIDE THAT
I TOOK MY DAUGHTER FOR A
REGULAR ROUTINE CHECKUP.
WE GOT THERE AROUND 8:30.
9:00-ISH.
MIKEY SAYS HE AND HIS DAUGHTER
LEFT AND NOT LONG AFTER HE
HEARD THE SOUNDS OF SIRENS AND
LIKE MANY OTHERS IN THIS AREA,
THEY TOOK THE SOUNDS OF WHAT
SOUNDED LIKE AN EXPLOSION AND
THEY LOCKED THEIR DOORS AND
STAYED IN PLACE.
SHATTERED GLASS WAS SCATTERED
AROUND THE CLINIC.
HAIR WHEN THINGS START TO
UNFOLD.
I HEARD A BIG BOOM AND I
SAID TO MY CLIENT, THAT WAS
SOMETHING BIG.
IT'S TOO CLOSE TO HOME.
TOO CLOSE.
TRYING TO HOLD IT TOGETHER
TODAY.
Reporter: THEY WILL STAY
SCENE UNTIL ALL OF THE BOMB
SQUADS HAVE DONE A CLEAN SWEEP
OF THE AREA.
THE OFFICERS ARE STILL HERE AS
WELL AS MEMBERS OF THE BUFFALO
FIRE AND POLICE DEPARTMENT.
DO TELL US THAT THE GUNMAN WAS
TAKEN INTO CUSTODY JUST MINUTES
AFTER THE FIRST TIME A ONE CALL
HE DID NOT SHOOT AT OFFICERS
AND BASICALLY SURRENDERED TO
THEM IMMEDIATELY.
FOUR OF THE FOOD SHOOTING
VICTIMS WERE TAKEN TO NORTH
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ROBIN DALE.
THE PEOPLE ARE IN CRITICAL BUT
STABLE CONDITION.
ONE PATIENTS WAS DISCHARGE.
ANOTHER PERSON WAS TAKEN TO
HENNEPIN HEALTHCARE.
PERSON IS DOING.
THE SHOOTING HAPPENED SHORTLY
BEFORE 11:00 THIS MORNING.
OF WHAT LAW ENFORCEMENT WERE
TALKING ABOUT WHEN THEY FIRST
ARRIVED.
AT LEAST 15 SHOTS WERE
FIRED.
NO INFORMATION AT THIS POINT.
SOMEONE CAME IN AND STARTED
FIRING.
THEY ARE APPROACHING NOW,
ANYMORE MENTION OF THE
EXPLOSIVE?
76-YEAR-OLD GREGORY WAS
TAKEN INTO CUSTODY.
THAT MAN LIVED IN BUFFALO
AND THEY HAD CONTACT WITH HIM
FOR YEARS.
JENNIFER MAYERLE HE IS LEARNING
MORE ABOUT HIM.
SHE JOINS US FROM HIS FORMER
WHAT WERE YOU ABLE TO FIND OUT?
Reporter: POLICE HAVE BEEN
ON HERE FOR HOURS.
AS CARS BEHIND ME AND ACTIVITY
GOING ON AROUND HIS FORMER
MOBILE HOME.
THIS IS AN AREA WHERE I'M TOLD
POLICE WOULD OFTEN COME TO TALK
TO GREG AND NEIGHBORS WHO LIVE
AROUND HERE SAID IT WAS NORMAL
AND COMMON TO SEE POLICE COMING
MANY OF THOSE FOLKS WERE
EVACUATED FROM THEIR HOMES
TODAY AS A PRECAUTION.
I WOULD LIKE TO SHOW YOU VIDEO
FROM EARLIER TODAY.
SURROUNDED THE FORMER HOME, ONE
OF THE PLACES THEY SEARCH TODAY.
WE SAW A K-9 GO IN AND PEOPLE
AS A PRECAUTION TODAY.
POLICE TELL US THEY HAVE ON AND
OFF AGAIN CONTACT SINCE 2003
AND WERE TOLD HE WAS ON THEIR
RADAR.
A FORMER NEIGHBOR CALLS HIM
COMBATIVE AND SAID HE LIKE TO
ARGUE ABOUT ALMOST ANYTHING AND
HE NOTICED A SIGN OUTSIDE HIS
HOME ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO THAT
NOW HAS HIM QUESTIONING WHAT
WAS GOING ON.
HE HAD A SIGN THAT WAS
HANDWRITTEN.
IT WAS IN LETTERS BIG ENOUGH
ACROSS THE TOP THAT YOU COULD
READ FROM A CAR DRIVING BY.
THOMPSON TOLD ME HE NEVER
ASKED HIM WHAT THAT WAS ALL
ABOUT.
WHAT WE CAN TELL YOU, HE MOVED
OUT OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE
LAST WEEK AND MOVED INTO A
NEARBY MOTEL.
THAT'S WHEN WE ALSO SAW POLICE
ACTIVITY TODAY.
THERE WERE THERE FOR HOURS
INCLUDING BOMB TECHNICIANS.
WE ARE CONTINUING TO LEARN MORE
ABOUT HIS HISTORY.
THE LEASE
PROVIDERS AS WELL.
I KNOW YOU WILL WORK ON THAT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MEANWHILE, THE CITY OF BUFFALO
AND LEADERS ARE IN PAIN
TONIGHT.
THE PAIN WAS VERY VISIBLE ON
THE FACE AND VOICE OF THE
CITY'S POLICE CHIEF.
DAVID SHUMAN IS WITH THE STORY
RAN OUT FROM RIGHT COUNTY
GOVERNMENT CENTER.
HI DAVID.
Reporter: THE WORDS FAMILY
AND HEARTBREAK WERE BOTH USED
MULTIPLE TIMES TODAY AND YOU
COULD TELL IT WAS NOT JUST LIP
SERVICE FROM OFFICIALS.
THIS IS A SMALLER CITY, A
POPULATION OF ABOUT 16,000.
THEY SAY THIS KIND OF THING
DOES NOT HAPPEN HERE BUT
SEVERAL AGENCIES ARE WORKING
TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THE
THE HURT BUFFALOES POLICE CHIEF
ARE FEELING IS APPEAR.
GATHER HIMSELF AT THE BEGINNING
OF HIS COMMENTS.
THE SHOOTER HAD -- SORRY.
THERE WERE SEVERAL PEOPLE
INJURED WITHIN THE CLINIC.
THE MAYOR MADE A CALL TO
ACTION TODAY TO BE AWARE OF AND
PRIORITIZE MENTAL HEALTH, REACH
OUT TO LOVED ONES DURING THIS
THEY ARE OKAY.
THANK YOU.
THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
SAFETY BRIEFED THE GOVERNOR
ABOUT THE SITUATION IN BUFFALO.
HE SPOKE WITH LOCAL LEADERS IN
LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT ARE
CAROLINE CUMMINGS WAS THERE
WITH THE GOVERNOR AND JOINS US
WITH MORE ON THAT.
CAROLINE.
Reporter: GOVERNOR TIM WALZ
NEWS CONFERENCE THIS AFTERNOON
SAID WITHIN ABOUT AN HOUR AND A
HALF OF THE SHOOTING HE
RECEIVED A BRIEFING FROM THE
BUREAU OF CRIMINAL
APPREHENSION.
AT AROUND 12:30 THIS AFTERNOON.
HE SAID HE'S GETTING REAL-TIME
UPDATES FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC SAFETY AND EARLIER TODAY
HE COMMUNICATED WITH THE LOCAL
MAYOR ABOUT THOSE DEVELOPMENTS
AND THANKED ALL OF THE PARTNERS
FOR THEIR RESPONSE.
AT THIS POINT IN TIME WE
HAVE A COMMUNITY TRAUMATIZED
AND WE HAVE FAMILIES OF THE
WORKERS WHO WERE THERE UNSURE
OF WHAT IS HAPPENING.
AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
TRAINS TO THE BUFFALO POLICE
DEPARTMENT AND RIGHT COUNTY
SHERIFFS WHO RESPONDED IN AN
INCREDIBLY FAST MANNER.
AND OFFICIAL CLOSE TELLS ME
THERE ARE NO PLANS RIGHT NOW
FOR FURTHER UPDATES FROM
GOVERNOR IS LETTING LOCAL
OFFICIALS AND DPS TAKE THE LEAD
ON THIS AND HE WILL GET A
FORMAL BRIEFING TONIGHT FROM
THOSE LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS.
DO SAY WITH WCCO ON TV WE
WILL COURSE HAVE THE VERY
LATEST FOR YOU ON THE SHOOTING