A woman who survived being shot 17 times is sharing her story of recovery.
Last week, a woman named Nicole shared her account with @HashTagOurStories, a blog that highlights people overcoming adversity, in an interview titled “Shot 17 Times.” Nicole said she learned almost a year into her relationship that her boyfriend was also seeing another woman, and that the situation quickly became “a living nightmare.”
According to Nicole, the other woman would call her phone and show up at her home whenever the man was spending time with her. She said the man played the “middleman” and told each woman the same lies. Nicole said she tried to step back from the relationship, but after a costume party the other woman called her in anger upon learning the two had been together the night before. Nicole claims the woman threatened to shoot her on that call, then came to her home and shot her 17 times before leaving.
Nicole, who was 25 at the time and works in health care, said she spent four days in a medically induced coma. She says doctors told her she might not walk again after being shot in the legs, but she began walking again several weeks later during rehab.
The interview has since gone viral, drawing more than 1.7 million views on the @HashTagOurStories Instagram page.
According to Nicole, the shooter was arrested shortly after the attack and is awaiting trial. Nicole also said the man at the center of the dispute has chosen to stand by the woman accused of the shooting. Baller Alert has not heard from either of them, and the allegations are Nicole’s account of what happened.
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