Witnessing PTSD in a 17-Year-Old After Community Gun Violence—127 Days of Checking Windows, Avoiding Corners, and Surviving Durham, North Carolina
Marcus is 17. He witnessed his cousin’s murder 127 days ago. Now car backfires sound like gunshots, he checks windows three times nightly, and 1,247 classmates watched him hit the ground on video. This is teen PTSD from community violence. The Car Backfires at 3:47 PM 📍 Corner of Driver Street and Holloway, East Durham,…
