Louisville bank shooter Connor Sturgeon will be tested posthumously for signs of degenerative brain disease – after he suffered concussions as a high school football player and struggled with menta…
will be tested posthumously for signs of degenerative brain disease after it was revealed that he suffered concussions as a high school football player and struggled with mental health issues.this week that the late mass killer will be tested for Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, or CTE, the brain deterioration caused by repeated head trauma.
Experts have made multiple links between football players and CTE, whose sufferers usually experience impaired thinking and are prone to aggression, mood swings, depression and paranoia, Peter Palmer, an Indiana-based lawyer who is friends with Todd, told NBC News that Connor had been seeing a counselor for depression and anxiety.
Palmer, who is not representing the family but is a spokesperson, said he did now know how long Sturgeon had been seeking treatment and what medication he may have been on.
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