Joe Garcia — husband of one of two teachers who reportedly sacrificed their lives during a school shooting in Uvalde, Texas — has passed away of a heart attack days after losing his wife.
Just under 10 years after the nation was scarred once an active shooter killed 26 people at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, America mourns once again in the wake of another tragedy that struck more of its children.
This comes at a time when parents must already weigh the practical benefits of sending their children to school with bulletproof backpacks and when it's become easier than ever to lose count of similar incidents.
But while we can often only imagine how much these tragedies devastate the families of those who have fallen, we are now faced with one solemn reminder that grief can kill as much as a bullet.
