Teacher’s husband killed in US shooting dies of heart attack

According to USA Today, Joe Garcia (50 years old), husband of Irma Garcia, passed away on April 26, just two days after his wife was killed in a horrific shooting at Robb elementary school in Uvalde. state of Texas.

“Uncle Joe that day went to lay a wreath in memory of Aunt Irma at school. When he got home, he had just been sitting at the kitchen table with his family for 3 minutes when he suddenly collapsed,” said John Martinez, grandson of Joe Garcia. , said in a phone interview with USA Today, “People tried to give him chest compressions but to no avail. The ambulance arrived but it was too late.”

“Honestly, I really felt like I was hit by another truck,” he added. “My heart aches when I think of my four cousins. I also heard from a younger brother that my father also had chest pain. My parents had lost family members and close friends. their best”.

John Martinez later wrote on Twitter: “I really can’t express in words how everyone is feeling at this moment. Pray for our family, God have mercy on us, this is so real. It’s not easy.” Within 2 days, 4 children of the Garcia family became orphans.

A GoFundMe fundraising page has been set up to help the family and children of teacher Irma Garcia, and as of May 26, it has raised more than 200,000 USD.

The tragedy of the Garcia family is just one of the many tragedies of a series of families with victims in a horrific shooting that happened on the closing day of the school year before the summer break at Robb Elementary School on the morning of May 24. When teachers and students of the school were participating in summarizing activities, suddenly a gunman broke into the campus and opened fire wildly for nearly an hour. Police said the shooting killed more than 19 children, and two teachers were also killed while protecting their students.

This is considered the deadliest school shooting in the US in about 10 years. The incident has once again raised concerns about gun violence in the US despite efforts to call for gun control in the country.

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