Husband of killed teacher in Texas school shooting 'dies of grief'
May 27, 2022, 10:24 am

Husband of killed teacher in Texas school shooting 'dies of grief'

Joe Garcia was the husband of Irma Garcia, who taught for 23 years at Robb Elementary School - Twitter account

The husband of one of the teachers slain in Tuesday's mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, has reportedly died of a heart attack, the BBC reported.

Joe Garcia was the husband of Irma Garcia, who taught for 23 years at Robb Elementary School.

Mrs Garcia was one of two teachers killed by a teenage gunman in the shooting that left 21 people dead - including 19 children.

The couple - who were married for 24 years - are survived by four children.

EXTREMELY heartbreaking and come with deep sorrow to say that my Tia Irma’s husband Joe Garcia has passed away due to grief, i truly am at a loss for words for how we are all feeling, PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR FAMILY, God have mercy on us, this isn’t easy pic.twitter.com/GlUSOutRVV
— john martinez ❤️‍🔥 (@fuhknjo) May 26, 2022

By Thursday night (May 26), an online fundraiser for the Garcia family had raised nearly $1.6m (£1.3m) out of an initial modest goal of $10,000.

The GoFundMe page said it was being organised by Mrs Garcia's cousin, Debra Austin, who wrote: "I truly believe Joe died of a broken heart."

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On Twitter, a nephew of Mrs Garcia, John Martinez, said that Mr Garcia had "passed away due to grief" in the wake of his wife's murder.

A local Fox affiliate has also reported that Mr Garcia died of a heart attack.

The Garcias leave behind four children - two boys and two girls - ranging from 12 to 23 years old.

In the aftermath of the deadly shooting in Uvalde, Mr Martinez told the New York Times that Mrs Garcia was found by officers "embracing children in her arms pretty much until her last breath."

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He wrote on a fundraising page: "She sacrificed herself protecting the kids in her classroom. She was a hero".

The BBC noted that Mrs Garcia and the other teacher killed in the shooting, Eva Mireles, had been teaching together for five years and had more than 40 years of experience between them.

Source: BBC

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