Husband of teacher killed in Texas school shooting has died
The family of Irma and Joe Garcia say they were high school sweethearts who had been together for more than 25 years.
Li Cohen is a senior social media producer for CBS News. Li graduated from Nova Southeastern University in South Florida in 2017 with a degree in communication and media studies before getting her master's degree in journalism at NYU in 2019.
Li started her career in South Florida at The Seminole Tribune, a newspaper run by The Seminole Tribe of Florida, where she reported on local and national tribal issues and events while also serving as copy editor. Before joining CBS News, where she primarily covers environmental and social justice issues and produces documentaries, she covered local news at amNewYork. She has won awards for her environmental, news and coverage of Native issues, been a nominee for The Webby Awards and has won an Anthem Award for the CBS News climate change-focused Instagram page, @CBSNewsPlanet.
The family of Irma and Joe Garcia say they were high school sweethearts who had been together for more than 25 years.
The student said at one point, a cop told students to yell if they need help. One of the kids did – and "the guy overheard and he came in and shot her."
They had been amid a group of girls when the shooting occurred on Tuesday, but "they are all gone now," Jackie Cazares' father said.
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"We can't exhale once again, make excuses, and accept these tragic realities as the status quo," he said. "... This is an epidemic we can control."
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"My innocent son Joaquin was shot four times with an AR-15. And today, we saw an 18-year-old in Texas was able to carry a weapon and kill kids inside their school."
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