Woman helps get nurses to safety amid deadly clinic shooting: ‘They got out of there just in time’
BUFFALO, MN (WCCO) There was a massive police response to the deadly shooting inside the Allina Health Clinic in Buffalo Tuesday morning.
Gregory Ulrich, 67, is in custody. Five people were injured in the attack at Allina Clinic Crossroads, one of whom later died at a Hennepin Healthcare hospital in Minneapolis. Of the four other victims all whom were taken to North Memorial Health hospital in Robbinsdale one was released late Tuesday afternoon, while the three others are in critical, but stable, condition.
67-year-old gregory paul ulrich, allegedly walked into the allina health clinic late this morning and opened fire. kathy kurth was right there. 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 was screaming and there was shooting. reporter: another woman was dropping off her mom at the clinic. i was just getting ready to drop her off at the door and two of the nurses came running out to my vehicle and got in. they said they heard about 11 shots within a minute. reporter: federal and local law enforcement rushing to the scene. officials say five people were injured in the shooting. we re going to assist with getting some blood runs for the shooting victims. upon our arrival, we also located several victims in this. it s a horrible-looking scene. and our staff immediately began rendering aid to those victims. reporter: authorities saying that a suspicious package was located at the medical center, the bom