.
. THE
. THE BOULDER POLICE DEPARTMENT IS REMEMBERING OFFICER ERIC
TALLEY.
THE 51 YEAR OLD WAS ONE OF TEN
PEOPLE KILLED IN A MASS
SHOOTING IN BOULDER YESTERDAY.
ASWER TALLEY WAS THE FIRST
OFFICER ON THE SCENE OF THE
ACTIVE SHOOTING RSITUATION AT
THE KING SUPRISE ON TABLEMATES
DRIVE.
ONE SUSPECT WAS TAKEN TO
CUTSTODY.
WE EXPECT AN UPDATE ON
THE INVESTIGATION FROM BOULDER
POLICE AT A NEWS CONFERENCE
THIS MORNING AT EIGHT THIRTY.
WE WILL CARRY THAT FOR YOU LIVE
ON CHANNEL TW1 AND CHANNEL
NINE SHOOTINGS LIKE THIS IMPACT
OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITIES SO WE
ASKED NINE HEALTH EXPERT DR.
COOLEY TO JOIN US TO TALK ABOUT
WHAT THE SCIENCE TELLS US ABOUT
CRIMES LIKE THIS, WHAT WE CAN
DO TO HELP PEOPLE HEAL AND HELP
OUR MENTAL HEALTH.
GOOD MORNING, DR..
GOOD MORNING, COREY.
SO WHAT ARE THE FACTORS THAT
ARE COMMON TO INDIVIDUALS WHO
COMMIT MASS SHOOTINGS?
SO ACCORDING TO THE AMERICAN
PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION, REALLY
NO TWO PERPETRATORS OF THESE
TYPES OF CRIMES ARE SIMILAR BUT
THERE ARE THREE BUCKETS IN
WHICH WE CAN REALLY DIVIDE UP
THE FACTORS TO THINK ABOUT
BIOLOGICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL AND
SOCIAL FACTORS THOUGH
INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH BIOLOGICAL
FACTORS SUCH AS SERIOUS
UNDERLYING MENTAL HEALTH
DISORDERS ARE NOT ALL THAT
COMMON IN INDIVIDUALS THAT
COMMIT THESE TYPE OF MASS
SHOOTINGS.
IT'S MORE THE PSYCHOLOGICAL AND
SOCIAL FACTORS AND WHAT I'M
TALKING ABOUT THERE ARE
FEELINGS OF EXTREME ANGER,
FANTASIES OF REVENGE, FEELINGS
OF SOCIAL ISOLATION, NEGATIVE
SELF-IMAGE AND OFTEN WHAT WE
SEE IS THAT THESE PERPETRATORS
ACT ALONE.
THEY DON'T USUALLY HAVE AN
ACCOMPLICE IF THEY'RE AN ADULT
AND THAT THEY'VE BEEN PLANNING
THEIR CRIMES FOR SOME TIME.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE WITNESSES
WHO SAW THE MASS SHOOTING
YESTERDAY.
WHAT COULD BE SOME OF THE
BEARSE MENTAL HEALTH EFFECTS ON
THEM?
YEAH, THIS IS A REALLY
UNFORTUNATE COLLATERAL DAMAGE
FROM SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
SO YOU KNOW, 28 PERCENT OR
GREATER THAN ONE IN FOUR PEOPLE
ARE GOING TO HAVE PTSD IF
THEY'RE WITNESS TO SOMETHING
LIKE THIS AND ALMOST ONE IN
THREE PEOPLE WILL HAVE
SOMETHING CALLED AN ACUTE
STRESS RESPONSE.
SO CERTAINLY MENTAL HEALTH
EFFECTS THAT THE PEOPLE THAT
WITNESSED IT AND NOT JUST
DIRECTLY WITNESSED BUT ALSO
THOSE THAT WERE STANDING
OUTSIDE AND LOOKING IN AND
PEOPLE THAT WERE WATCHING AT
HOME FROM THEIR TELEVISIONS.
AND WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT THESE
THESE WITNESSES ACTUALLY HAVE
MORE LONG TERM MENTAL HEALTH
DISORDERS THAN PEOPLE WHO HAD
OTHER TYPES OF NATURAL
DISORDERS.
AND THE REASON IS BECAUSE
SOMETHING LIKE THIS EVEN THOUGH
IT'S RELATIVELY RARE COMPARED
TO ALL THE GUN VIOLENCE OUT
THERE, IT REALLY CATCHES US OFF
GUARD AND IT HAPPENS IN PLACES
THAT WE TRUST, PLACES LIKE OUR
SCHOOLS, OUR WORKPLACES, OUR
GROCERY STORES, OUR CHURCHES.
SO I REALLY AM CONCERNED ABOUT
THE LONG TERM EFFECTS OF THIS.
WHAT ARE THE WAYS IN WHICH WE
CAN HELP THOSE WHO ARE
SUFFERING SUCH AN IMPORTANT
QUESTION SO REALLY THE WAY TO
KIND OF HELP PEOPLE IS TO
DIVIDE THIS UP INTO THREE
PHASES OF WHAT PEOPLE ARE GOING
TO EXPERIENCE.
THE FIRST IS THE ACUTE PHASE
WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE ALL GOING
THROUGH RIGHT NOW TO THE DAYS
TO ABOUT THE WEEK AFTER
THE EVENT AND WE HAVE TO GIVE
WHAT WE CALL PSYCHOLOGICAL
FIRST AID WHICH ESSENTIALLY
MEANS REACHING OUT TO PEOPLE
WHO WITNESSED THIS AND CHECKING
IN WITH THEM AND REALLY
NORMALIZING THEIR FEELINGS
OF FEAR, ANXIETY AND
HELPLESSNESS.
THAT'S REALLY HOW WE HELP THEM
COPE THROUGH THAT FIRST WEEK.
THEN YOU TURN INTO WHAT'S
CALLED THE INTERMEDIATE PHASE
WHICH IS KIND OF THE WEEKS TO
MONTHS AFTERWARDS.
THAT'S WHERE YOU REALLY NEED TO
GET PEOPLE CONNECTED WITH
THE RESOURCES PROFESSIONALS,
THEIR MEDICAL PROVIDERS, MENTAL
HEALTH PROVIDERS IN ORDER TO
MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE PLUGGED
INTO THE RIGHT RESOURCES.
THEN FINALLY IT'S THE KIND
OF CHRONIC OR LONG TERM PHASE
THAT CAN HAPPEN FOR MONTHS TO
YEARS AFTERWARDS.
THAT'S WHERE MOST PEOPLE HAVE
ACTUALLY HEALED.
BUT THERE ARE A SMALL SUBSET
THAT WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE
NIGHTMARES PTSD FLASHBACKS,
THOSE TYPES OF EVENTS AND
THAT'S WHERE YOU HAVE TO LOOK
OUT FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE AS
WELL.
SO KEEP THAT RADAR UP IF YOU
HAVE FAMILY OR FRIENDS IN THAT
PHASE THAT'S GOING TO BE QUITE
THE ROAD OF HEALING FOR OUR
COMMUNITY.
DR. KOHLI, REALLY APPRECIATE
YOU JOINING US AND YOU CAN GET
HELP ANY TIME OF DAY OR NIGHT
IN THE COLORADO CRISIS
SERVICES.
YOU CAN CALL THEM AT ONE EIGHT
FOUR FOUR FOUR NINE THREE EIGHT
TWO