US EditionParkland School Shooting Survivor Donovan Metayer Dead by Suicide at Age 26
Donovan Metayer struggled with severe mental health issues linked to the 2018 shooting; a Risk Protection Order lapse allowed him to buy a handgun before his death.
- On Dec. 15, Donovan Joshua Leigh Metayer, 26, died by suicide, his sister Nancy Metayer Bowen announced in a Facebook tribute.
- A survivor of the Feb. 14, 2018 shooting, he was a senior at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and underwent years of treatment, including a 2021 Baker Act involuntary hold.
- Earlier this month, his Risk Protection Order lapsed, and he was allowed to purchase a handgun; a week later he used that handgun to die by suicide in the family home.
- As of Dec. 21, the GoFundMe campaign had raised $20,000 toward a $70,000 goal, and visitation and funeral will take place on Saturday, Jan. 3, Coral Springs.
- Family members said his death underscores youth mental-health crises, citing systemic barriers to mental-health care for young Black men and crediting Henderson Behavioral Health Clinic as a lifeline.
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Third Parkland school shooting survivor commits suicide, 7 years later
The mass shooting at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018 has claimed another victim, seven years later, with the suicide of a student who initially survived the carnage, his family said. Donovan Metayer, a senior at the school in Parkland, Fla., managed to escape physically unscathed when gunman and former student Nikolas Cruz, then 19, killed 14 students and three staff members with an assault rifle on Valentine’s Day 2018, and wounde…
Parkland School Shooting Survivor Donovan Metayer Dead by Suicide at Age 26
Donovan Metayer, who survived the 2018 Parkland school shooting, has died at age 26. Donovan’s sister, Nancy Metayer Bowen, confirmed that her brother died by suicide on December 15 after a seven-year battle with schizophrenia, writing via Facebook, “Thank you for the immense love and support our family has received from community in the days since Donovan’s passing. I see your messages, hear your voicemails, and deeply grateful for every expres…
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Entertainment MagazineParkland School Shooting Survivor Dies by Suicide at 26
Donovan Joshua Leigh Metayer survived the horrific 2018 Parkland school mass shooting ... but he took his own life recently after a long battle with schizophrenia, according to his sister. Nancy Metayer Bowen posted a tribute to Donovan on…
Parkland School Shooting Survivor Donovan Metayer Dies by Suicide at Age 26: 'He Carried Unimaginable Sorrow'
Donovan was a senior at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., when a mass shooter killed 17 people on Feb. 14, 2018GoFundMe Donovan MetayerNEED TO KNOWDonovan Joshua Leigh Metayer, a survivor of the 2018 Parkland school shooting in Florida, died by suicide at age 26 on Dec. 15, his family announcedDonovan was a senior at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School when a mass shooter killed 17 people on Feb. 14, 2018"The loss of our f…
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