Kristen Loetz, who was the victim of a shooting at an off campus apartment by a former boyfriend, will be the Commencement speaker at Salisbury University this year.
She told the Salisbury Daily Times she felt the experience showed people that “…no matter what you are faced with there is a way to overcome it.”
The 22-year old from Stevensville was critically wounded in the shooting shortly after 6:30 p.m. on September 3rd of last year by 21 year old Ryan Shallue.
She also pays a personal tribute to her friend C.J Abbott who was killed trying to stop the shooting.
She wears a bracelet that reads, “CJ-LIVED A WARRIOR, DIED A HERO 9/3/13. “
