Husband of trainer killed in Texas college shooting dies from coronary heart attack

Fourth grade teacher Irma Garcia died making an attempt to protect her students alongside trainer Eva Mireles.

UVALDE, Texas - The husband of an elementary college teacher killed during a mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas has died of a heart attack. 

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Relations tell FOX 26 Joe Garcia, the husband of Irma Garcia, died Thursday - just two days after his wife was tragically killed when a gunman entered Robb Elementary Faculty in Uvalde and opened fireplace. 

Mrs. Garcia was certainly one of two academics, together with 19 college students who had been killed within the lethal massacre. 

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The couple was married for 24 years and go away behind 4 children. 

Officials have not yet released a motive for the taking pictures, but several questions have been raised for the reason that massacre, together with security measures put in place for the college and who needs to be held accountable. 

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During a press conference Wednesday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott revealed the shooter, Salvador Ramos, shot his grandmother in the face and despatched cryptic online messages moments earlier than the assault, but had "no known mental well being history," or had a legal historical past identified both. 

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Shortly after delivering remarks, gubernatorial candidate, Beto O'Rourke, walked up to the stage and admonished the governor, claiming he was "doing nothing" to help the case.

Beto O'Rourke confronted Texas leaders as they held a press convention on the state's response to the deadly Uvalde faculty taking pictures. "You are doing nothing," O'Rourke informed the group as Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick was on the point of converse.

Regulation enforcement officials additionally confronted criticism Thursday relating to the time it took before the rampage was in the end stopped. Actually, some frustrated onlookers had been reported as shouting to officers to "go in there!" 

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Texas DPS officials say it took about 40 minutes to an hour earlier than a U.S. Border Patrol group burst in and shot Ramos to dying. However, a department spokesperson stated Thursday that authorities were still attempting to clarify the timeline. In different words, it is unclear if the timeline started when the gunman reached the varsity or earlier when he shot his grandmother. 

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Investigators had been additionally unable to say with any certainty whether an armed college district security officer outside Robb Elementary within the city of Uvalde exchanged fire