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

Fourth grade instructor Irma Garcia died attempting to guard her students alongside instructor Eva Mireles.

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

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

Mrs. Garcia was certainly one of two academics, along with 19 students who have been killed within the deadly massacre. 

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

Officers have not but released a motive for the shooting, however several questions have been raised since the massacre, including security measures put in place for the varsity and who must be held accountable. 

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During a press convention Wednesday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott revealed the shooter, Salvador Ramos, shot his grandmother in the face and sent cryptic online messages moments earlier than the attack, but had "no identified mental health history," or had a criminal history recognized either. 

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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 lethal Uvalde school shooting. "You might be doing nothing," O'Rourke instructed the group as Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick was on the point of converse.

Regulation enforcement officials also faced criticism Thursday regarding the time it took before the rampage was in the end stopped. In actual fact, some pissed off onlookers had been 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 workforce burst in and shot Ramos to death. Nonetheless, a division spokesperson stated Thursday that authorities have been nonetheless 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 had been also unable to say with any certainty whether an armed faculty district safety officer outdoors Robb Elementary in the city of Uvalde exchanged hearth