On May 24, his wife, Irma Garcia, was shot to death along with 20 other people in the deadliest school shooting in America in the last ten years.
On May 26, Joe Garcia died of a broken heart. The deceased couple left behind four children.
They had been married for 24 years.
Irma Garcia was murdered while trying to protect her students from a crazed gunman at Robb Elementary School.
Joe died two days later, “due to grief.”
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
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The announcement was made by his nephew on Twitter.
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