The suspect in the Tuesday shooting at a Minnesota health clinic that killed one person and injured four others was charged with murder Thursday. In a criminal report detailing the aggressive attack, authorities said Gregory Ulrich, 67, also detonated two explosive devices.
Ulrich was charged with second-degree homicide, four counts of attempted homicide and one count of misdemeanor for use of an explosive device and carrying a pistol without permission.
According to the criminal complaint, Ulrich entered the clinic shortly before 11 a.m., pulled out a semi-automatic pistol and began threatening staff. He then allegedly entered the reception area and shot two victims before moving inside the clinic and shooting three more.
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The first four victims of the shooting survived. But the latest victim, who was hit by a bullet that broke his liver and spine, died after the injuries, according to the complaint. Allina Health later identified the victim as Lindsay Overbay, a 37-year-old medical assistant who had worked at Allina Health since November 2018.
“The victim was a mother, a wife, a daughter, a sister,” Wright County Attorney Brian Lutes said during a morning news conference. “He went to work and did not return home because of the senseless gun violence inflicted by Gregory Ulrich.”
Ulrich is also accused of detonating two bombs in the building, one near the entrance and a second inside the clinic. Investigators found a third unexploded ordnance near the briefcase that consisted of black powder in a small cylinder, according to the complaint.
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At 10:58 a.m., Ulrich called 911 and told police he would surrender, according to the complaint. Police said they found him lying face down at the entrance with his arms out. When police searched him, he allegedly was carrying two loaded magazines, ammunition and two marijuana cigarettes, and a preliminary search of his phone revealed a “rambling video message alluding to an incident at the clinic.”
“Gregory Ulrich went to the Allina Clinic knowing he was going to shoot that clinic. Gregory Ulrich went to this clinic knowing he was going to detonate bombs at the clinic. He did exactly that, cowardly injuring innocent people, one of them deadly , “He said the lutes.
Buffalo Police Chief Pat Budke previously said he believed Ulrich ran the facility because he was not satisfied with the care he had received.
According to one police report obtained by The Associated Press, Ulrich had previously threatened to shoot at the facility. The report said Ulrich had discussed “shooting, flying things and practicing different scenarios of revenge” on people who “tortured” him, referring to problems with previous back surgeries and the medications he prescribed, as reported by the AP.