DC Sh**ter’s Dark Past: Friends Say Afghan Trauma Haunted Him for Years

The DC shooter’s childhood friend says he carried deep mental scars from witnessing brutal violence in Afghanistan. He reportedly “couldn’t tolerate bl**d,” a tr*u*a that stayed with him for years. Once part of a CIA-linked Afghan Zero Unit, he brought those war wounds into his new life in America. Neighbors say he lived quietly with his wife and five children, hiding battles no one saw coming.