Tyler Bright spent his 23rd birthday in U of L’s Frazier Rehabilitation Institute. The 2025 U of L graduate was rushed to intensive care after being shot in the neck at a gas station near The Province and Derby Row apartments on Jan. 11, 2026.
Though a bad reaction to his medications caused a minor setback, Bright has been in therapy recovering from the damage to his spine since Feb. 2. The shooting left him without a voice and unable to feel from the chest down.
He is now undergoing three to four hours of physical, occupational, respiratory and speech therapy a day…