Texas: The husband of one of the teachers killed in the Texas school shooting this week collapsed and died Thursday while he was preparing for his wife's funeral, the family said.

Joe Garcia had been married to his high school sweetheart, Irma Garcia, for 24 years before she was gunned down Tuesday at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde.

Irma Garcia was one of two teachers killed by a teenage gunman in the shooting that left 21 people dead - including 19 children.

The couple - who were married for 24 years - is survived by four children.
By Thursday night, an online fundraiser for the Garcia family had raised nearly $1.6m (£1.3m) out of an initial modest goal of $10,000, reported the BBC.

The Garcias’ nephew, John Martinez, said via Twitter that the couple’s children – ages 13, 15, 19 and 23 – had now lost both parents.

On the school’s website, Irma Garcia introduced herself as someone who “loved to BBQ with my husband”. She liked music and taking country cruises to Concan (also in Texas).

Tuesday’s massacre is the latest in America’s long history of senseless shootings that has once again brought under focus the country’s lax gun laws.