Family of slain Uvalde teacher close to raising $2m in GoFundMe campaign

A GoFundMe campaign set up in the name of Irma Garcia, the fourth grade teacher killed during a mass shooting at a Texas primary school on Tuesday, has raised more than $1.77 million after renowned Twitter philanthropist Bill Pulte asked his 3.2 million followers to donate money to pay for funeral costs and help to financially support her family.

The original goal of the GoFundMe campaign was to reach $30,000, according to a tweet by Ms Garcia’s nephew, John Martinez, who reached out to Mr Pulte to help the family reach their financial target, according to the Detroit Free Press newspaper.

Ms Garcia, a mother of four children, was killed alongside co-teacher Eva Mireles and 19 of their students by teenage gunman Salvador Ramos at the Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, in one of the deadliest school shootings in the US in years.

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