Joe Garcia, the husband of 46-year-old Irma Garcia, who died after the murderous attack of an 18-year-old at a school in Texas, died of grief after suffering a heart attack.
According to international media, quoting family relatives, the man could not bear it and died of grief.
The couple had been married for 24 years and had four children.
"I am saddened to say that my aunt's husband, Joe Garcia, has died of grief. I honestly have no words to express how we feel. Please pray for our family," the teacher's grandson, John Martinez, said in a post.
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A gunman has killed at least 19 children and two teachers Tuesday in an attack on an elementary school in the southwestern state of Texas, in one of the deadliest mass attacks on a school in U.S. history.
The bomber struck shortly after noon in front of a police recruiting center at Robb Primary School in the town of Uvalde, about 35 miles (135 kilometers) west of San Antonio. The city with 16,000 inhabitants is located about 120 kilometers from the border with Mexico.
Authorities said the 18-year-old gunman first shot his grandmother, then crashed a car and entered the school, firing before being killed by police.
The 18-year-old from Texas who killed 19 children and two teachers had written on Facebook that he would open fire on an elementary school about 15 minutes before doing so, Governor Greg Abbott said Wednesday as shocking details continued to emerge. about the attack.
The gunman, identified as Salvador Ramos, had also posted a message saying he would shoot his grandmother, as well as another confirming that he had done so, Abbott told a news conference. The grandmother Ramos shot in the face shortly before attacking the school survived and called police.