New Delhi: The husband of the fourth-grade teacher, who was killed in the mass shooting at the elementary school in Uvalde, Texas on Tuesday, reportedly died of a heart attack two days after her killing. Joe Garcia who was preparing for the funeral of his wife, Imra Garcia collapsed and died on Thursday, as per the report by a newspaper.
Joe Garcia (50) had dropped off flowers at his wife’s memorial on Thursday morning. However, he “pretty much just fell over” after returning home and died of a heart attack, his nephew John Martinez said to New York Times. Martinez took to Twitter to inform the news stating, “EXTREMELY heartbreaking and come with deep sorrow to say that my Tia (aunt) Irma’s husband Joe Garcia has passed away due to grief, I truly am at a loss for words for how we are all feeling, PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR FAMILY, God have mercy on us, this isn’t easy.”
EXTREMELY heartbreaking and come with deep sorrow to say that my Tia Irma’s husband Joe Garcia has passed away due to grief, i truly am at a loss for words for how we are all feeling, PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR FAMILY, God have mercy on us, this isn’t easy pic.twitter.com/GlUSOutRVV
— john martinez ❤️? (@fuhknjo) May 26, 2022
Further, he added that GoFundMe has been set up for Joe and Imra Garcia. “Please donate anything you can to help her family. 100% of the proceeds will go to the Garcia family for various expenses. Thank you and God bless,” Irma’s cousin Debra Austin wrote on the crowdfunding platform.
For the past 23 years, Imra Garcia was teaching at the Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, as per the reports. She was the second teacher among 19 students who were killed in the shootout carried out by 18-year-old Salvador Ramos.
Imra had four children with her husband and they were married for 24 years. Their oldest child, Cristian, is serving in the United States Marine Corps and his brother, Jose, attended Texas State University, stated the report by the news agency AP on Thursday.
Their eldest daughter Lyliana is a high school sophomore, and her younger sister is a seventh-grade student.
Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller will hold a Mass at Sacred Heart Church in Uvalde for the family of Garcia and the wider community on Thursday evening.
