Parkland school shooting survivor Donovan Metayer dies by suicide as family shares new details
Donovan was working as an IT professional. He was a senior at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School when the mass shooter opened fire. The family has started a GoFundMe to help cover the 26-year-old’s funeral costs.
Parkland school shooting survivor Donovan Metayer dies by suicide
“The loss of our family’s youngest child is a sorrow beyond words — one that will echo through our lives, forever,” his family wrote. “Yet even in our grief, we are choosing to speak Donovan’s truth, so that other families do not have to suffer in silence the way we have,” the family continued.
“The baby of the Metayer family, ‘Donny,’ as he was affectionately called, was a radiant child. Brilliant and curious, he always excelled academically, with an intellect matched only by a magnetic humor and warmth that could light up any room, effortlessly.”
Donovan Metayer’s family shared details of the boy’s final year of high school, and that he “carried unimaginable sorrow” after the horrific school shooting.
He suffered from severe mental health issues, including “depression, guilt, emotional instability, and long periods of isolation [which] replaced the vibrant young man we once knew.”
