Family grieves teacher Eva Mireles who was killed

Eva Mireles has been named as the teacher who was killed in the shooting.

She was trained in bilingual and special education, and taught children nine to 10 years old, according to a report from Reuters news agency.

“My beautiful cousin! Such a devastating day for us all! My heart is shattered into a million pieces,” Cristina Arizmendi Mireles wrote on Facebook.

In a short biography posted on the school district’s website, Mireles had written she had “a supportive, fun, and loving family” including her husband, her college-graduate daughter, and “three furry friends”.

Her husband, Ruben Ruiz, is a police officer at the school district’s police force, the agency investigating the shootings.

Her aunt, Lydia Martinez Delgado, grieved for 

her niece in a Facebook post

“I’m furious that these shootings continue. These children are innocent. Rifles should not be easily available to all. This is my hometown, a small community of less than 20,000. I never imagined this would happen to especially loved ones,” Martinez Delgado said in a statement.