The suspect in Tuesday’s shooting at a Minnesota health clinic that killed one person and injured four others was charged with murder on Thursday. In a criminal complaint describing the horrific attack, authorities said Gregory Ulrich, 67, also detonated two explosives.
Ulrich was charged with second-degree murder, four attempted murder, and one for each felony, using an explosive device and carrying a gun without a license.
According to the charges, Ulrich entered the clinic just before 11 a.m., pulled out a semi-automatic pistol, and began threatening staff. He then reportedly entered the reception and shot two victims, before going to the interior of the clinic and shooting three more.
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The first four shooting victims survived. But the latest victim, who was hit by a bullet that tore through her liver and spine, later died of her injuries, the complaint said. The victim was later identified by Allina Health as Lindsay Overbay, a 37-year-old medical assistant who worked for Allina Health since November 2018.
“The victim was a mother, a wife, a daughter, a sister,” Wright County attorney Brian Lutes said at a morning press conference. “She went to work and didn’t come home because of Gregory Ulrich’s pointless gun violence.”
Ulrich is also accused of detonating two bombs in the building, one at the entrance and a second in the interior of the clinic. Investigators found a third, non-donated explosive device near his briefcase that consisted of black powder in a small cylinder, the complaint said.
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At 10:58 AM, Ulrich called 911 and told police he would surrender, the complaint said. Police said they found him with outstretched arms in the hall, face down. When he was searched by police, he reportedly carried two loaded magazines, ammunition and two marijuana cigarettes, and an initial search of his phone reportedly produced a “rippling video message hinting at an incident at the clinic”.
Gregory Ulrich went to the Allina clinic knowing he was going to shoot that clinic. Gregory Ulrich went to that clinic knowing he was going to detonate bombs in the clinic. He did just that by injuring innocent people, one of them fatally. Lieutenants said.
Buffalo Police Chief Pat Budke previously said he believed Ulrich was targeted by the facility because he was unhappy with the care he received.
According to a police report obtained by The Associated Press, Ulrich had previously threatened to carry out a shooting at the facility. The report said Ulrich had talked about “shooting, blowing things up and practicing different scenarios to get revenge” on people who “tortured” him, referring to problems with previous back surgeries and the drugs he had been prescribed, the AP reported.