Department of Justice is reviewing law enforcement actions. Investigators continue to seek answers about how police responded to the shooting, and the U.S.
She described Amerie as “a nice little girl who smiled a lot,” and who was “so humble and charismatic but full of life.” The funeral for 10-year-old Maite Rodriguez was Tuesday night.Īt Amerie’s funeral, mourner Erika Santiago, her husband and their two children wore purple shirts adorned with images of the victims. On Tuesday afternoon, hundreds turned out to remember Amerie Jo Garza, a smiling fourth-grader whose funeral Mass was the first since the massacre. His father told CNN that his son loved baseball and video games and “was always full of energy.” He made the honor roll and received a certificate on May 24, hours before the shooting. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, who attended the Garcias’ funeral, said in a statement that America “must unite as a country against this senseless cycle of violence, act immediately to protect our children, and make sure that every child and every educator feels safe in our schools.”Īnother funeral Wednesday was for 10-year-old Jose Flores Jr., also at Sacred Heart.
Joe, 50, collapsed and died after dropping off flowers at his wife’s memorial. The couple would have been married 25 years on June 28 His obituary noted that he and Irma “began their relationship in high school and it flourished into a love that was beautiful and kind.” “In the midst of so much, please, please people need comfort, people need you. Most of the readings during Wednesday’s service and the homily were in English, with García-Siller offering some words in Spanish. In a letter posted on the school’s website at the beginning of the school year, Garcia told her students that she and Joe had four children - a Marine, a college student, a high school student and a seventh grader. Irma, 48, was finishing up her 23rd year as a teacher at Robb Elementary. You took care of them until your last breath.” “You did what you would have done with your own children. “Because you were there with them,” he said. He listed the names of the slain schoolchildren several times throughout the homily.
Some sobbed throughout the service in which Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller offered thanks for Irma Garcia’s dedication. Covered by flowers, the two closed caskets were borne by pallbearers past a phalanx of police in uniforms and priests in white robes. Nineteen children and two teachers - Garcia and her co-teacher, 44-year-old Eva Mireles - were killed May 24 when an 18-year-old gunman burst into their classroom. The litany of visitations, funerals and burials began Monday and will continue into mid-June.Īt Sacred Heart Catholic Church on Wednesday, twin black hearses carrying the coffins of the Garcias arrived in a procession led by police and civilian motorcycle riders. UVALDE, Texas (AP) - Mourners gathered Wednesday at a Catholic church to say goodbye to Robb Elementary School teacher Irma Garcia - who died in the shooting at the Uvalde, Texas, grade school - and her husband, Joe - who died two days later from a heart attack.