{"id":14553,"date":"2023-07-08T12:08:37","date_gmt":"2023-07-08T16:08:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dbhids.org\/?post_type=news&p=14553"},"modified":"2023-07-18T12:10:06","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T16:10:06","slug":"philadelphia-community-tries-to-heal-from-trauma-as-shooters-mental-health-comes-into-focus","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/dbhids.org\/dev\/news\/philadelphia-community-tries-to-heal-from-trauma-as-shooters-mental-health-comes-into-focus\/","title":{"rendered":"Philadelphia community tries to heal from trauma as shooter\u2019s mental health comes into focus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Read full article by Associated Press<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n BY\u00a0CLAUDIA LAUER July 7, 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n PHILADELPHIA (AP) \u2014 In the weeks before Kimbrady Carriker opened fire at random<\/a> with an AR-15 in southwest Philadelphia killing five people and wounding four others including several children, the few people close to him had watched him grow increasingly agitated<\/a> and erratic, sometimes pacing the house wearing a bulletproof vest, prosecutors and others have said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now, in the wake of Monday\u2019s bloodshed, officials are urging people to call police or the city\u2019s mental health resource line when they see suspicious social media posts or think somebody might need help. And as Carriker\u2019s possible mental health issues increasingly come into focus, the community he left shattered is trying to find ways to heal their own psychological trauma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Prosecutors earlier this week declined to speak to whether Carriker\u2019s mental health played a role in the shooting. No one called to report his erratic behavior, and Carriker did not leave a long history of brushes with police or behavioral health crisis providers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n