BUFFALO, Minn. (AP) – Several people were shot at a Minnesota health clinic on Tuesday and then someone was taken into custody, police said.
The shooting took place in an Allina clinic in Buffalo, a town of about 15,000 people, about 40 miles northwest of Minneapolis, Kelly Prestidge, an officer of the Buffalo Police Department, told The Associated Press.
Prestidge said one person had been taken into custody, but she did not know if it was the shooter. She also said she had no further information about the attack, including how many people were shot and whether anyone was killed.
Police Chief Pat Budke told TV station KSTP that the shooting took place on the campus of the Allina Clinic Crossroads. He said the situation was under control shortly before noon and there was no further threat to the safety of the public.
Abigail Greenheck, spokeswoman for North Memorial Health, said multiple victims have been taken to Robbinsdale hospital. She didn’t say how much or what condition they were in. Allina Health spokesman Timothy Burke declined to say if any victims had been taken to the hospital in Buffalo.
FBI spokesman Kevin Smith said the agency’s bomb technicians were on their way to the crime scene, but he could not confirm media reports of a possible bomb or explosion at the clinic.
Members of the enforcement group of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and special agents from the state’s Bureau of Criminal Apprehension were also headed to the scene, spokesmen for the agencies said.
TV helicopter news footage nearly two hours after the attack showed no activity in the clinic, but at least three shattered mirror windows were visible on the outside of the clinic.
The Midwest Medical Examiners Office, which handles cases in Wright County, had no comment on whether it sent someone on the scene.
A health ministry spokesman said he did not immediately know whether the clinic administered COVID-19 vaccinations. An Allina spokesperson referred all inquiries to the Buffalo Police Department and the Wright County Sheriff’s Office.