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 that detailed the horrific attack, authorities said Gregory Ulrich, 67, also detonated two explosive devices.
Ulrich was charged with second-degree murder, four counts of attempted murder and one charge of criminal use of an explosive device and possession of a pistol without authorization.
According to the criminal complaint, Ulrich entered the clinic shortly before 11 am, drew a semi-automatic weapon and started threatening employees. He then reportedly entered the reception area and shot two victims before moving into the clinic and shooting three others.
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The first four shooting victims survived. But the last victim, who was hit by a bullet through his liver and spine, died later of his injuries, the complaint said. The victim was later identified by Allina Health as Lindsay Overbay, a 37-year-old assistant physician who has worked for 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 press conference. “She went to work and did not return home due to the senseless violence inflicted by Gregory Ulrich.”
Ulrich is also accused of detonating two bombs in the building, one near the entrance and the other inside the clinic. Investigators found a third unexploded explosive near his briefcase that consisted of black powder in a small cylinder, the complaint said.
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At 10:58, Ulrich called 911 and told the police he would surrender, the complaint said. Police said they found him lying face down at the entrance with open arms. When he was searched by the police, he allegedly carried two loaded magazines, ammunition and two marijuana cigarettes, and a preliminary search on his phone allegedly revealed an “incoherent video message that alluded 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 that clinic knowing he was going to explode bombs at the clinic. He did just that, cowardly injuring innocent people, one of them fatally,” Lutes said.
Buffalo Police Chief Pat Budke said earlier that he believed Ulrich was targeting the facility because he was not satisfied with the care he received.
According to a police report obtained by the Associated Press, Ulrich had previously threatened a shooting at the facility. The report said that Ulrich had discussed “shooting, blowing things up and practicing different scenarios of how to get revenge” on the people who “tortured” him, referring to problems with previous back surgeries and the drugs he prescribed, the AP reported.