Feb. 10, 2021
It’s going to remain dangerously cold. Tonight will be partly cloudy with lows between 20 and 30 below zero to the north and 9 to 15 below zero south. Tomorrow will have more clouds, with highs from 6 below to zero. Find the latest from Updraft. Wright County prosecutors said Wednesday they’re drafting murder and explosives charges against Gregory Paul Ulrich, the man suspected of fatally shooting one and injuring several others Tuesday at a Buffalo, Minn., clinic.
Wright County Attorney Brian Lutes vowed to "aggressively prosecute Ulrich for this horrible crime and the pain he caused to the victims, their families and the entire community."
In a statement, Lutes said he intends to charge Ulrich with second-degree intentional murder, four counts of attempted first-degree premeditated murder and possession of explosive or incendiary devices.
Ulrich, 67, was arrested in Tuesday's attack at an Allina clinic in Buffalo, a community of about 15,000 people roughly 40 miles northwest of Minneapolis.
Wednesday’s COVID-19 data continues to offer Minnesotans reasons to be encouraged and frustrated. The pandemic metrics remain steady in a good way. Hospitalization counts, for instance, are encouraging — 317 Minnesotans were hospitalized with COVID-19 as of Tuesday; 78 needed intensive care. Known, active caseloads came in at 7,342, the lowest in nearly five months. New cases reported Wednesday were a modest 677. But the vaccination pace is also steady, and that’s a problem. The trend line remains down and flattening following a late January surge. Minnesota’s seven-day average now sits at 24,374 daily doses administered, down from more than 29,000 per day a week ago. You can get more of the latest news, in just a few minutes, via the Minnesota Today podcast. — Tim Nelson | MPR News | 