As local residents grieve, officials want them to know there are resources available.
ROUND ROCK, Texas — As the community grieves, officials want to let people know help is available, and a Pflugerville City Councilman is offering mental health resources to people struggling to cope after a Juneteenth shooting in Round Rock left two people dead.
Harvest Trauma Recovery Center in Austin has therapists on-site and accepts walk-in and online appointments. If you would like a one-on-one consultation, please come into our office at 6633 Highway 290 East, Suite 300.
Group sessions are held on Wednesdays at noon at the center.
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Pflugerville City Councilwoman and crisis counselor Kimberly Holliday was a friend of Ara Duke, one of the shooting victims, and described her as a “light and a guide.”
Despite feeling angry and sad, Holliday said she wants to help others by providing them with the support they need from a recovery center.
“If you don’t address the underlying feelings, it’s going to come out in a lot of different ways and hurt people and cause more hurt, so I think it’s really important that we discuss what happened and respond in a very open and transparent way,” Holliday said.
Candice Hunt, who was selling T-shirts at the event with her daughter, remembers hearing gunfire and fleeing with other families. She said she was “bummed” and that although the festival is over, she hopes to use the opportunity to help others.
“It can happen anywhere, so let’s make sure we do what we need to do to educate kids, mobilize kids, and ensure they have access to mental health resources without the barrier of cost,” Hunt said.
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Mental Health Resources
Anyone needing mental health assistance following this incident is asked to contact the Round Rock Fire Department’s Crisis Response Unit at 512-218-5501 during special extended hours from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. through Friday, June 21.
Outside of these hours, the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s Disaster Stress Helpline is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week by phone or text at 1-800-985-5990.
Other common mental health support services include the Crisis Text Hotline (text HOME to 741741), the National Crisis and Suicide Prevention Lifeline (dial 988) and the Bluebonnet Trail Crisis Hotline (call 1-800-841-1255).
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