Joe Garcia, a father of four, died after his heart could not bear the disaster at the school in Texas where his teacher wife was murdered, and had a heart attack two days later
The husband of a teacher who was killed in the horrific massacre at a school in Texas last Tuesday, suffered a fatal heart attack, according to reports. Irma Garcia was shot to death by 18-year-old Salvador Ramos in elementary school this week. Her husband Joe Garcia “passed away due to a broken heart” according to a relative.
The couple have been married for 24 years, and have four children. Irma’s nephew, John Martinez, wrote on Twitter on Thursday: “It hurts very much with deep sorrow to say that Irma’s husband, Joe Garcia, has passed away from grief, I really lose track of how we are, how I will live with all these feelings, please pray For our family, God will have mercy on us, it is not easy. “
In another post, he added: “Irma and Joe Garcia have left behind four beautiful children, their ages are 23, 19, 15 and the youngest is only 13, no child has to go through such a thing my heart is broken for them.” Irma, 46, and her colleague Eva Mirles, 44, were killed by Ramos along with 19 children before the killer was shot by police. Hire in Texas has been the deadliest since 20 children and six staff members were killed at Sandy Hawk School in Newtown, Connecticut in 2012