Husband of trainer killed in Texas faculty capturing dies from heart attack

Fourth grade trainer Irma Garcia died trying to protect her students alongside instructor Eva Mireles.

UVALDE, Texas - The husband of an elementary college instructor killed during a mass taking pictures in Uvalde, Texas has died of a coronary heart assault. 

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Relations inform 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 hearth. 

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

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The couple was married for 24 years and leave behind four children. 

Officials have not yet released a motive for the shooting, however several questions have been raised for the reason that massacre, together with security measures put in place for the school and who ought to be held accountable. 

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Throughout a press conference Wednesday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott revealed the shooter, Salvador Ramos, shot his grandmother within the face and sent cryptic on-line messages moments before the assault, but had "no recognized mental health history," or had a prison history 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 convention on the state's response to the lethal Uvalde college capturing. "You are doing nothing," O'Rourke told the group as Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick was on the brink of speak.

Regulation enforcement officials also faced criticism Thursday concerning the time it took earlier than the rampage was in the end stopped. The truth is, some pissed off 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 before a U.S. Border Patrol team burst in and shot Ramos to demise. However, a department spokesperson said Thursday that authorities had been still making an attempt 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 have been also unable to say with any certainty whether an armed faculty district security officer outdoors Robb Elementary within the city of Uvalde exchanged hearth