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The husband of one of the teachers murdered in the US Elementary School shooting has died of a heart attack.
Irma Garcia, 46, was one of two teachers slaughtered by the 18-year-old gunman, Salvador Ramos, on Tuesday in Uvalde, Texas.
MailOnline reports that her grief-stricken husband, Joe, died of a heart attack, today (two days after the incident).
A GoFundMe page set up by the family says he died “of a broken heart”.
“I truly believe Joe died of a broken heart and losing the love of his life of more than 30 years was too much to bear,” Irma’s cousin, Debra Austin, said.
The couple’s nephew tweeted that he had died of “grief”.
“Please pray for our family. God have mercy on us,” he said.
The pair were married for 24 years and had four children. It’s unclear how old the children are.
Survivors from the shooting have told how Irma and fellow teacher Eva Mireles, 44, died shielding them from the gunman’s bullets.
“She passed away with children in her arms trying to protect them,” Garcia’s nephew John Martinez wrote on Twitter.
“Those weren’t just her students, they were her kids as well.”
Mireles’ daughter revealed how her mother “jumped in front of students” in a heartbreaking tribute yesterday.
“I don’t know how to do this life without you, but I will take care of dad.
“I will take care of our dogs and I will forever say your name so you are always remembered, Eva Mireles, 4th grade teacher at Robb Elementary who selflessly jumped in front of her students to save their lives,” Adalynn Ruiz wrote on Facebook.
Garcia, a married mother of four, had taught at Robb Elementary for 23 years and was previously named “teacher of the year”.
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