Peter Wang was 15 and a student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida when he was killed on February 14, 2018, during the mass shooting at the school. A member of the school’s JROTC, Peter was last seen holding a door open to help classmates escape the gunfire; that act cost him his life. He was one of 17 people killed in the attack by a former student who used a semi-automatic rifle and was arrested at the scene.

Peter was posthumously admitted to the United States Military Academy at West Point, an honor noted after his death. His family joined other victims in civil lawsuits alleging negligence by the school district and law enforcement. The shooting prompted wide public debate about gun policy and school safety and led to new laws and policies intended to address those issues.