The husband of a teacher who was fatally shot in the Uvalde shooting on Tuesday died of a heart attack, his family announced Thursday.
Joe Garcia had been the high school sweetheart of Irma Garcia, who was one of two teachers killed in the bloody rampage. The Garcias had been married for 24 years and are survived by four children, FOX26Houston reported.
— john martinez ❤️🔥 May 26, 2022 Irma Garcia was shot while trying to defend her fourth grade class from the shooter, who went on to kill 19 students and Irma Garcia's colleague, Eva Mireles, according to Martinez. An 18-year-old assailant wielded an AR-style semi-automatic rifle during his attack, which also wounded 17.
— Michael Beschloss May 26, 2022 A woman named Debra Austin, who claims to be a cousin of Irma Garcia, posted an update to a GoFundMe campaign for the Garcia family, claiming Joe Garcia died from"a medical emergency." Austin also heaped praise on Irma Garcia, emphasizing," She would literally do anything for anybody ... no questions asked. She loved her classroom kids and died trying to protect them."
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