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THE WAY
THE WAY YOU HANDLE A MELTDOWN. IT'S TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9TH,
KARE 11 SARTELL STARTS NOW.
HERE'S WHAT WE KNOW RIGHT NOW.
ABOUT THE DEVELOPING STORY
IN BUFFALLO WHERE FIVE PEOPLE
WERE SHOT TODAY AT A HEALTH
CLINIC. ONE OF THE VICTIMS
PASSED AWAY AT THE HOSPITAL.
THREE OTHERS ARE IN CRITICAL
CONDITION AND A FOURTH HAS
ALREADY BEEN RELEASED. POLICE
SAY THIS MAN IS THE SHOOTER.
SIXTY SEVEN YEAR OLD GREGORY
ULRICH. THEY SAY HE OPENED FIRE
INSIDE THE ALLINA HEALTH CLINIC
IN BUFFALLO. INVESTIGATORS
ARE ALSO LOOKING INTO A BOMB
THREAT AT A SUPER8 THAT IS NOT
FAR FROM THE CLINIC. WE HAVE
LIVE TEAM COVERAGE TONIGHT,
INCLUDING NEW INFORMATION ABOUT
THE SUSPECT FROM HIS FORMER
ROOMMATE. BUT WE'RE GOING
TO BEGIN WITH DEEVON RAHMING,
WHO'S GOING TO PIECE TOGETHER
WHAT HAPPENED TODAY.
>> DEEVON. HEY, RANDY.
INVESTIGATORS ARE STILL
HERE AT THE ALLINA CLINIC BEHIND
ME PROCESSING THE SCENE FOR ANY
EVIDENCE AND WE'RE TOLD FROM
THE TIME THAT THE 911 ONE CALL
WENT OUT TO THE TIME THAT THE
SUSPECT SURRENDERED.
SUSPECT SURRENDERED. >> THIS ALL HAPPENED WITHIN A 12
MINUTE TIME FRAME.
>> BUFFALLO POLICE ARE CALLING
IT A TARGETED BUT ISOLATED
TRAGEDY AFTER FIVE PEOPLE WERE
SHOT, ONE OF THEM FATALLY
IN THIS ALLINA HEALTH CLINIC
IN BUFFALLO SHORTLY BEFORE 11:00
TUESDAY MORNING UPON ARRIVAL.
WE ALSO LOCATED SEVERAL SEVERAL
VICTIMS IN THIS.
>> IT'S A HORRIBLE LOOKING
SCENE. THOSE VICTIMS WERE ALL
TAKEN TO HOSPITALS IN THE TWIN
CITIES, SOME OF THEM AIRLIFTED.
AND AS THAT WAS ALL HAPPENING,
MANY NEIGHBORING BUSINESSES
AND SCHOOLS WERE FORCED INTO
LOCKDOWN.
LOCKDOWN.
LOCKDOWN. >> A ALL OF US WERE FREAKING
OUT. WE JUST THOUGHT IT WAS
A LOCKDOWN DRILL.
>> THE MINNEAPOLIS BOMB SQUAD
WAS ALSO ON SCENE AFTER REPORTS
THAT HOMEMADE EXPLOSIVES WERE
SAID TO HAVE GONE OFF INSIDE
THE CLINIC.
THE CLINIC. >> WE ALSO FOUND A SUSPICIOUS
PACKAGE IN THE CORNER OF THE
LOBBY. THE SITUATION ALSO
PROMPTED A SEARCH IN A ROOM AT
THE NEARBY SUPER8 WHERE
WITNESSES TELL POLICE
THE SUSPECT, 67 YEAR OLD GREGORY
YURIAGE, HAD BEEN STAYING.
>> WE DID SEND A TEAM FROM MY
OFFICE OVER THERE TO EVACUATE
THE SUPER8 MOTEL. WE DID FIND
ADDITIONAL SUSPICIOUS DEVICES
LEADING INVESTIGATORS TO THEN
EXECUTE A SEARCH WARRANT AT THIS
MOBILE HOME WHERE A NEIGHBOR
TOLD US ULRIKKE HAD LIVED
BUT MOVED OUT JUST A WEEK AGO.
>> WE CERTAINLY DON'T WANT
TO LEAVE ANY STONE UNTURNED
AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE'RE BEING PRUDENT
THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE
INVESTIGATION. NOW, AS
THE INVESTIGATIO INTO WHY THIS
HAPPENED RAMPS UP STATE LEADERS
ARE OFFERING WELL WISHES TO THE
VICTIMS AND THEIR FAMILIES
AND THINKING LAW ENFORCEMENT
FOR ACTING FAST.
>> FROM EVERYTHING I'M HEARING
IN THIS AND INCREDIBLY FAST
MANNER THAT I THINK PROBABLY
WHEN THE DATA COMES OUT SAVED
LIVES BY THEIR ACTIONS AND WE'RE
GRATEFUL FOR THAT.
>> NOW INVESTIGATORS SAY IT
COULD BE DAYS BEFORE THEIR
INVESTIGATION HERE AT THE ALLINA
CLINIC WRAPS UP AND ASKS
FOR YOUR IT. WELL , HE'S
EXPECTED TO APPEAR IN A WRIGHT
COUNTY COURTROOM FIRST THING
THURSDAY MORNING .
>> 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. I DON'T KNOW
WHAT TO DO.
>> THAT IS JUST ONE SCHARA AND
HEARTWRENCHING ACCOUNT FROM
A WOMAN WHO WAS INSIDE
THE CLINIC DURING THE SHOOTING
TODAY. DANNY SPEWAK IS LIVE
IN BUFFALLO TONIGHT AND HE'S
BEEN SPEAKING TO WITNESSES ALL
DAY. DANNY, I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE
THE STORIES THESE PEOPLE HAVE
TO TELL TONIGHT.
>> OR ANY. UNFORTUNATELY, THERE
ARE A LOT OF THEM AS
THE SHOOTING HAPPENED,
OF COURSE, DURING REGULAR
BUSINESS HOURS IN A BUSY
COMMERCIAL DISTRICT JUST NEAR
HIGHWAY FIFTY FIVE HERE IN
BUFFALLO. AND OF COURSE, AS
PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO PROCESS
EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED
HERE TODAY, JUST BEFORE NOON,
THERE WERE THREE DIFFERENT
PRAYER SERVICES AT LEAST THREE
WITH MORE SCHEDULED. AND WE'RE
ALSO TOLD, OF COURSE, AS PEOPLE
ARE LOOKING, THEY ARE TRYING
TO REALLY PROCESS WHAT HAPPENED
.
.
. >>
. >> LORD, I NEED YOU AT ST.
JOHN'S LUTHERAN CHURCH, PASTOR
RYAN CARR COMFORTED A COMMUNITY
SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS WHO
ARE AFRAID, TRAUMATIZED
AND NEEDING PEACE IN BUFFALLO.
THESE IMAGES FROM THE ALLINA
HEALTH CLINIC WILL BE HARD
TO SHAKE SWANVILLE DRIVING DOWN
THERE NOW FROM HIS BACK YARD
OVERLOOKING THE CLINIC,
JOHN KLATT HEARD THE FIRST
GUNSHOTS.
GUNSHOTS.
GUNSHOTS. >> THAT'S WHAT IT SOUNDED LIKE,
AN EXPLOSION.
AN EXPLOSION. >> AND HE SAW STAFF AND PATIENTS
SCATTER. I PULLED INTO
THE CLINIC. TWO NURSES COME
OUTSIDE AND I FIGURE SOMETHING
WAS WRONG BECAUSE THEY WERE
RUNNING AND THEY COME UP TO
THE VEHICLE AND THEY SAID
THERE'S BEEN A SHOOTING AND I
DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE CALLED
THE POLICE. SO THEY GOT IN AND
I ENDED UP CALLING NINE 911, ONE
TIFAFNY POLITTE MISSED
THE COMMOTION BY MINUTES. I WAS
JUST READY TO DROP MY MOM OFF AT
THE FRONT DOOR AND I WAS GOING
TO GO PARK AND THOSE TWO FRONT
WINDOWS WERE SHOT AS I WAS
IN THE PARKING LOT SO SHE COULD
EASILY GET IN THE WAY.
>> WRONG TIME, WRONG PLACE.
POLITTE DROVE THE NURSES
TO SAFETY SHOTS FIRING AS THEY
LEFT THE SCENE JUST TOO LIKE I .
>> MARZEL HEARD THE GLASS
BREAKING.
BREAKING.
BREAKING. >> ONLY LATER WOULD THEY LEARN
THE FULL EXTENT OF WHAT HAD
HAPPENED THERE IS NONE LIKE YOU.
LIFE HAD BEEN LOST IN THE SMALL
TOWN OF BUFFALLO. WE'LL PRAY
FOR THOSE THAT ARE AFRAID OR
ARE TRAUMATIZED OR SORRR SOME
TERRIBLE THINGS HERE TODAY.
>> WE DO NOT YET KNOW
THE IDENTITIES OF THE VICTIMS
INVOLVED IN THE SHOOTING,
BUT WE'LL SHARE THAT INFORMATION
AS SOON AS WE GET BACK TO YOU.
>> WE HEARD THE HORRIFYING
EVENTS PLAY OUT THROUGH DISPATCH
AUDIO AT TEN FIFTY FOUR THIS
MORNING . THE FIRST MULTIPLE
SHOTS FIRED CALL CAME IN HERE
WXLCL BEJOU CALLERY BUFFALLO
POLICE AND WRIGHT COUNTY
SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES WERE SENT
TO ALLINA HEALTH CLINIC WHERE
THEY FOUND MULTIPLE VICTIMS, AT
LEAST 15 TRACK2 FIRE. NO FURTHER
INFORMATION AT THIS TIME. JUST
SOMEBODY CAME IN SURGERY
BROWNTON FIRST CAME INTO
THE PARKING LOT ABOUT
NORTHWESTWARD. I GOT FOUR OR
FIVE GUNSHOTS. THANK YOU
FOR COMING WITH TWO SURVIVORS.
NOT AS YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN
NOTIFIED. THEY ARE LOOKING INTO
AIRCARE LOOKING ON AT LEAST FIVE
INJURED CRITICALLY. THEY ALSO
FOUND THE SUSPECT AT THE SCENE
AND TOOK HIM INTO CUSTODY.
THE MILTONA GUN AND IT ISN'T
ENOUGH BY THE FRONT DESK.
HE STILL WOULD BE SPRAWLED OUT
ON A STOMACH. URBANK IS
IN CUSTODY IN THE SQUAD. WELL ,
I KARE 11 INVESTIGATES. TEAM
FOUND GREGORY ULRIKKE HAS
A HISTORY OF HARASSMENT
AND THREATS OF VIOLENCE AGAINST
A DOCTOR AT THE ALLINA CLINIC.
AND THEY ALSO FOUND DOCUMENTED
WARNINGS SHOWING THIS WAS NOT
A MAN WHO SHOULD BE ALLOWED
TO OWN FIREARMS. HE HAD ISSUES
WITH THE HOSPITAL AND THE
DOCTORS THERE.
DOCTORS THERE. >> RAHMING ZANSTRA IS A FORMER
ROOMMATE OF MASS SHOOTING
SUSPECT GREGORY ULRIKKE. HE SAYS
ANYONE WHO KNEW ULRIKKE KNEW
HE HATED THE HEALTH CLINIC
IN BUFFALLO BECAUSE THEY WOULD
NO LONGER PRESCRIBE HIM THE PAIN
MEDICATION HE WANTED.
>> THERE WAS A PARTICULAR DOCTOR
THAT HE DID NOT LIKE.
>> COURT RECORDS BACK THAT UP.
THEY SHOW ULRIKKE PLED GUILTY
IN TWENTY NINETEEN TO VIOLATION
OF A HARASSMENT RESTRAINING
ORDER THAT MANDATED HE HAVE NO
CONTACT WITH ANDREW BURGDORF,
A DOCTOR AT THE CLINIC. HE WAS
NOT ALLOWED TO ENTER THE ALLINA
CLINIC AND BUFFALLO HOSPITAL
UNLESS TRANSPORTED BY MEDICAL
PERSONNEL FOR EMERGENCY
TREATMENT. BUT IN APRIL OF LAST
YEAR, THE CASE WAS DISMISSED.
BECAUES ULRIKKE WAS FOUND
MENTALLY INCOMPETENT TO PROCEED.
>> HE HAD ALL KINDS OF MENTAL
HEALTH ISSUES BY LAW. THOSE
DOCUMENTED MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES
SHOULD HAVE PREVENTED ULRIKKE
FROM LEGALLY POSSESSING
A FIREARM. BUT HIS FORMER
ROOMMATE CLAIMS LAW ENFORCEMENT
SIGNES OFF ON A PERMIT.
>> WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT ?
WHY WOULD YOU?
>> I DON'T UNDERSTAND. WE FOUND
A DOCUMENT IN YOUR REAX COURT
FILE WHERE HE'D APPLIED FOR A
PERMIT AND A COURT SERVICES
AGENT WARNED THAT HE SHOULD NOT
BE ALLOWED TO USE OR POSSESS ANY
DANGEROUS WEAPON. ZANSTRA CLAIMS
ULRIKKE BOUGHT A GUN.
>> HE BOUGHT A SMITH AND WESSON.
IT WAS BRAND IN A BOX. SO WE WE
DON'T HAVE IT CONFIRMED THAT IT
WAS SIGNED OFF ON . HE WAS ABLE
TO BUY THOSE FIREARMS LEGALLY.
BUT WHAT HAPPENS IF IT'S FOUND
OUT TO BE TRUE?
>> WELL , JULIE, IF TRUE, THIS
IS GOING TO BE A HUGE PART
OF THE INVESTIGATION. DID LAW
ENFORCEMENT IN FACT SIGN OFF
ON A PERMIT ALLOWING A MAN
TO GET A GUN AFTER HE'D HAD
A COURT CASE DISMISSED BECAUSE
HE WAS FOUND TO BE MENTALLY
INCOMPETENT? IF NOT, WHERE DID
THE GUN HE'S ACCUSED OF USING
COME FROM?
COME FROM? >> WE'RE STILL DIGGING
FOR ANSWERS TO . ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU, A.J. STAY WITH US. AS