A story recently broke out about a young man who was shot in the neck at a gas station near the University of Louisville.
Unfortunately, the man who was shot is Tyler Bright, who is a native of Kalamazoo and a former broadcast intern for the Battle Creek Battle Jacks.
Download the WRKR Mobile App Now
The Kalamazoo Growlers and the Battle Creek Battle Jacks partnered together to release a statement about the shooting and his current situation:
Tyler was a broadcast intern for the Battle Creek Battle Jacks in ’23 & ’24 (current Growlers management & ownership were working for the Battle Jacks at this time). Tyler was shot in the neck in his car at a gas station on January 11 near the University of Louisville and is in critical condition. The drive-by shooting put him in the ICU and he has limited movement in his legs. He was just weeks away from moving to Iowa to take a radio job in the state of Iowa…