Nashville Reporter Reveals She Survived School Shooting at 13 Years Old, Gives Advice to Parents
A reporter based in Nashville recounted the time she was involved in a school shooting when she was 13. On March 27, Joylyn Bukovac, a reporter affiliated with NBC affiliate WSMV , spoke about her experience in 2010…
A reporter based in Nashville recounted the time she was involved in a School shooting when she was 13.
On March 27, Joylyn Bukovac, a reporter affiliated with NBC affiliateWSMV, spoke about her experience in 2010 when she was a child attending Discovery Middle School in Alabama.
“A lot of parents are running up to me saying that they’re nervous for the future for their kids and, to be honest, I’m right there with them because I’ve seen exactly what gun violence can do firsthand,” she said.
Bukovac said she was in the hallway when a gunman at her School “opened fire.” Another student was shot and killed right in front of her.
“And just the shock that moves through your body, I can’t even describe it. You just go into true fight or flight,” she explained. “I hid underneath the risers of my choir class. My phone was taken away, it was turned off.”
She added, “I was trying to call my mom to tell her what was going on and she found out through the news.”
Continuing, Bukovac said that at the time, her “family from all over the country” were trying to reach her, and “they couldn’t.”