Husband of teacher killed in Texas school shooting dies from heart assault

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

UVALDE, Texas - The husband of an elementary college trainer killed throughout a mass capturing in Uvalde, Texas has died of a coronary heart attack. 

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

Mrs. Garcia was one in every of two lecturers, together with 19 college students who had been killed in the lethal bloodbath. 

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The couple was married for 24 years and go away behind four youngsters. 

Officials haven't yet released a motive for the capturing, however a number of questions have been raised since the bloodbath, together with safety measures put in place for the college and who ought to be held accountable. 

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Throughout a press convention Wednesday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott revealed the shooter, Salvador Ramos, shot his grandmother in the face and despatched cryptic on-line messages moments earlier than the assault, but had "no identified psychological health history," or had a legal historical past recognized either. 

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Shortly after delivering remarks, gubernatorial candidate, Beto O'Rourke, walked as much as 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 conference on the state's response to the lethal Uvalde school taking pictures. "You're doing nothing," O'Rourke instructed the group as Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick was on the brink of speak.

Law enforcement officers additionally confronted criticism Thursday concerning the time it took before the rampage was in the end stopped. Actually, some frustrated onlookers were reported as shouting to officers to "go in there!" 

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Texas DPS officers say it took about 40 minutes to an hour before a U.S. Border Patrol group burst in and shot Ramos to dying. However, a department spokesperson stated Thursday that authorities have been still trying to clarify the timeline. In other phrases, it is unclear if the timeline started when the gunman reached the school or earlier when he shot his grandmother. 

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Investigators had been additionally unable to say with any certainty whether or not an armed faculty district safety officer outside Robb Elementary in the city of Uvalde exchanged fireplace