One of the survivors of the 2018 Parkland school shooting has died after a long struggle with trauma and mental health challenges linked to the attack.Donovan Joshua Leigh Metayer, a survivor of the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas (MSD) High School, died by suicide on December 15, 2025. He was 26 years old.
His family said he had struggled with his mental health for several years, and that those challenges deepened following the trauma of the Parkland shooting. His death underscores the emotional toll that mass violence can leave behind, even long after national attention fades.
