How Mass Violence Affects Family Members of Victims
Relatives can suffer symptoms of PTSD.
By Ruben Castaneda, Staff Writer |Nov. 2, 2017, at 11:57 a.m.
Between 10 and 40 percent of survivors – including people who were injured during the assault and their relatives and close friends – experience post-traumatic stress disorder. (Getty Images)
The Oct. 1 mass shooting of people attending a country music concert in Las Vegas ended 59 lives, left nearly 500 others wounded and created thousands of other victims: relatives and loved ones of those who were gunned down or injured at the show. More such victims were created on Halloween when an apparent terrorist allegedly inspired by the Islamic State killed at least eight people and injured 11 others when he drove a rented truck through a busy bike path.
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