Teachers in Texas Shooting Died Trying to Shield Students, and Other Stories
Two 4th grade teachers who were killed in?the deadly mass shooting at Robb Elementary School ?are being remembered and hailed as heroes by their families, former students, and other community members.
Eva Mireles, 44, and Irma Garcia, 46, were identified as the two adult victims of Tuesday’s shooting in Uvalde, Texas, in which 19 children also were killed. While official details are still being released, relatives?told news outlets ?that the teachers died trying to shield their students from the shooter.
According to the school’s website, the two women had been co-teaching together for five years. Garcia was in her 23rd year in the classroom—all of which were spent at Robb Elementary—and Mireles was in her 17th year.
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