Minneapolis hazmat team investigating white powdery substance found in mail downtown
By FOX 9 Staff
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - The Minneapolis Fire Department dispatched a hazmat team to downtown Minneapolis Tuesday afternoon to investigate a mysterious substance that was found in the mail.
The team was sent to the 200 block of 3rd Avenue South on a report that an employee had found a white powdery substance when they opened a mailed-in application, according to the fire department.
The Minneapolis Bomb Squad is also on the scene.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
Prosecutors say a shooter brought four bombs and a handgun to a small-town clinic, apparently as revenge for back treatment he was unhappy with, and killed one while injuring four others.
A Minneapolis Bomb Squad vehicle is parked near the entrance to the Allina Health Clinic in Buffalo, Minn., on Tuesday. (Dave Schwarz/St. Cloud Times via AP)
BUFFALO, Minn. (CN) A man who allegedly bombed a rural Minnesota clinic and shot five staff members on Tuesday has been charged with second-degree murder.
Gregory Ulrich, 67, also faces four counts of first-degree attempted murder, possession of an explosive or incendiary device and carrying a pistol without a permit for an alleged attack on Allina Health Clinic in Buffalo, Minnesota, a small town 42 miles northwest of the Twin Cities.
A man who shot five staff members at a Minnesota health clinic this week shot two of them in the reception area before heading back to where patients are treated and shooting three others, authorities say.
A man who shot five staff members at a Minnesota health clinic this week shot two of them in the reception area before heading back to where patients are treated and shooting three others, authorities say.