Donovan Joshua Leigh Metayer, a survivor of the 2018 Parkland school shooting in Florida, has tragically died at the age of 26.
His family announced the heartbreaking news, sharing that after a seven-year battle with schizophrenia, Donovan died by suicide on Dec. 15. An IT professional, Donovan was also a survivor of the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, where he was a senior when 17 people were killed on Feb. 14. His sister, Nancy Metayer Bowen, shared the news in a post on Facebook.
As previously reported, on February 14, 2018, a mass shooting occurred when 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz opened fire on students and staff at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, part of the Miami metropolitan area. Seventeen people were killed and 18 others were injured…