4th-Grade Teacher Is First Victim Identified In Texas School Shooting

Associate Reporter, HuffPostSenior Editor, HuffPostBreaking News Reporter, HuffPostSeveral students and two fourth-grade teachers are among the first victims to be identified in Tuesday’s deadly mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.The massacre at the school left at least 19 children and two adults dead, with many others injured. In a staff bio on the Robb Elementary website, Mireles wrote that she had a “supportive, fun and loving family.” She also mentioned that her family included a school district officer, whom she identified as “Ruiz,” and a “college graduate daughter,” Adalynn.Her aunt, Lydia Martinez Delgado, told the Times that Mireles was a hiker who was proud to teach at a school with mostly Latino students.In a statement sent to KSAT-TV in San Antonio, Delgado said she was furious that these mass shootings continued to target innocent children:“My niece, Eva Mireles, approximately 17 yr teacher for UCISD along with another teacher and 18 children lost her lives to a senseless tragic shooting.I’m furious that these shooting continue, these children are innocent, rifles should not be easily available to all.This is a my hometown a small community of less then [sic] 20,000. His mother was with him at the school during an awards ceremony just hours before the shooting, not realizing it would be the last time she would see him #KSATnews https://t.co/xjX9REJVf0 pic.twitter.com/KBIVCDCI3wThe family of 10-year-old Xavier Lopez, a fourth grader at Robb Elementary, identified him as one of the 19 children who died in Tuesday’s shooting, KSAT-TV reported.Lopez, along with his mother, attended an awards ceremony for students at the school that morning.My tia did not make it, she sacrificed herself protecting the kids in her classroom, i beg of you to keep my family including all of her family in y’all’s prayers , IRMA GARCIA IS HER NAME and she died a HERO.