The husband of a teacher killed during the massacre perpetrated Tuesday, May 24, 2022 in an elementary school in Texasduring which 19 children and another teacher also died, died Thursday, May 26 of ” sorrow “announced members of his family.
On the page of a GoFundMe kitty set up to provide for the needs of their four now orphaned children, Debra Austin, who introduces herself as the cousin of the teacher, Irma Garcia, indicates that the latter’s husband, Joe, “tragically died this morning following a medical emergency”.
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25 years together
“I am convinced that Joe died of a broken heart, losing the love of his life after 25 years (of life together, editor’s note) was too much to bear”she adds.
John Martinez, who identifies himself as Irma Garcia’s nephew, tweeted: “It breaks my heart and fills me with despair to announce that my Aunt Irma’s husband, Joe Garcia, has died of grief. »
A local television reporter reported that Joe Garcia had died of a heart attack.
The couple had been married for 24 years, according to the Robb Elementary School website.
Irma Garcia and her colleague Eva Mireles, whose classrooms were connected, were both killed by 18-year-old gunman Salvador Ramos, who also massacred 19 children at Robb Primary School in Uvalde before being shot. killed by the police.