Ulrich To Be Sentenced Friday In Fatal Buffalo Clinic Shooting

WRIGHT COUNTY, MN — Gregory Ulrich is set to return to court Friday after he was convicted earlier this month of a slew of charges related to a mass shooting last year at an Allina Health clinic in Buffalo.

Ulrich is due to be sentenced Friday following his conviction on 11 felony charges, including first-degree murder in the death of Lindsay Overbay, a 37-year-old medical assistant at the clinic, MPR News reported.

A first-degree murder conviction in Minnesota carries a mandatory sentence of life in prison without parole.

A Wright County judge scheduled Ulrich’s sentencing hearing for Friday to give survivors an opportunity to deliver victim-impact statements, according to the report.

Police said Ulrich walked into the Buffalo clinic on the morning of Feb. 9, 2021, and started shooting. He killed Overbay and seriously injured four others, setting off two explosive devices in the clinic that morning before surrendering, police said.

Lindsay Overbay was devoted to her two kids — a friend told KARE 11 that she "absolutely lived and breathed for her children."

She "lived her life to the fullest" when she was with her kids, according to her obituary.

"What gave Lindsay the most joy in life was spending time with her family, and every moment she shared with her children," Overbay's family wrote in her obituary.

Overbay was well-known for her "infamous" laugh and had "an uncanny ability to light up a room with her personality," her family wrote.

She graduated from New Ulm High School in 2002, then earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from St. Cloud State University, according to her obituary. She later studied in Las Vegas to become a medical assistant and was pursuing a degree as an ultrasound technician at St. Cloud Technical and Community College.

"Lindsay loved every minute of caring for others in the medical field; her favorite part was being able to help people, and checking up on 'them babies,'" her family wrote.

Ulrich was charged in October, about eight months after the attack at Allina Health Clinic. A grand jury indicted Ulrich after he was found to be competent to stand trial in August, Wright County Attorney Brian Lutes said.

A Wright County jury on June 2 convicted Ulrich on all 11 charges he was facing after deliberating for more than five hours, KARE 11 reported.

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