Daniel “Danny” Bishop. {Instagram}
By Kevin Deutsch
Daniel “Danny” Bishop, a Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student who was in the school during the 2018 mass shooting, died in a scooter crash in Coral Gables on Monday, police said.
Bishop, a University of Miami senior from Coral Springs, was commuting to the college’s campus when the fatal accident happened at the intersection of LeJeune Road and Altara Avenue, authorities said. Additional details about the crash were not made public by Coral Gables Police.
Bishop, a mathematics and psychology major, was a consummate student leader “who would rise by uplifting others” and “left a significant legacy,” UM leaders said in an email message sent to students Tuesday.
“Whatever he did was with authenticity, and he cared for everyone he interacted with and tackled each task he undertook with determination,” the message stated.
According to the email, Bishop was a “brilliant” student and role model who earned a place on the President’s Honor Roll nearly every semester. He was known for his insatiable energy and determination, exemplified by his karate black belt and math tutoring business.
Teaching was Bishop’s life-long dream; he was set to begin his post-graduate career at Gulliver Preparatory in the fall to teach mathematics, according to UM.
Officials said Bishop was a member of UM’s student orientation team and chair of Hurricane Productions, one of the university’s largest student organizations.
“Danny was filled with positivity and passion for life,” the UM email said. “He had incredible ambition and drive, and his love for math was inspiring.”
According to his LinkedIn profile, Bishop studied at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School from 2016 to 2020. He was inside an adjacent building at the time of the Feb. 14, 2018, shooting and later said he heard the first shot fired during the attack. He told CNN he huddled in a corner for 2½ hours during and after the shooting.
The attack left 17 people dead and another 17 injured. Bishop marched with classmates in a major youth-led protest after the shooting and traveled to Tallahassee to advocate for gun control legislation.
A photo of Bishop crying at a memorial for his classmates was published by several media organizations. One year after the tragedy, he included the photo in a 2019 Instagram post.
Bishop crying at a memorial for classmates.
“I urge you all to do something you love tomorrow,” Bishop wrote in the post. “Ride a bike, go outside, be grateful that you have the opportunity to live. And remember, Valentine’s Day is a day of love. So spread love like there’s no tomorrow because, unfortunately, there might not be.”
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