This breaks our hearts… As you know, an 18-year-old gunman entered Robb Elementary School in the small town of Uvalde, Texas, and killed 19 children and two teachers with an AR-15 assault rifle on Tuesday.
And now, two days after the tragedy, the family of one of those teachers, Irma Garcia, has announced some more devastating news. Related: Daughter Of Teacher Killed In School Shooting Shares Devastating Tribute The Garcia family revealed on Thursday that her husband, Joe Garcia, has passed away as well.
Their nephew John Martinez first expressed on Twitter that “the pain doesn’t stop” before writing: He further shared his heartbreak over the situation in a follow-up tweet, noting that Irma and Joe left behind four children: While John did not reveal what happened to Joe on social media at the time, a GoFundMe created by Irma’s cousin Debra Austin shared that he died on Thursday morning “as a result of a medical emergency.” She then added: Meanwhile, local reporter Ernie Zuniga confirmed that he had suffered from a heart attack.
Truly awful news. According to her biography on the school’s website, Joe and Irma had been married for 24 years. She also had been teaching at Robb Elementary for 23 years before her tragic death.
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