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Joseph Wilkes

Second teacher killed in Texas school massacre is named as married mum of four

A second hero teacher killed in the Texas elementary school mass shooting horror has been named with a tribute describing how the "kind" teacher sacrificed herself protecting children in her classroom.

Mum-of-four Irma Garcia, 46, has been named by devastated family and friends in the early hours of today.

It comes after co-teacher Eva Mireles, 44, was one of the first victims to be identified after a teenage gunman ran riot at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday evening.

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