{"id":455157,"date":"2022-05-30T21:14:08","date_gmt":"2022-05-30T18:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/wake-held-for-uvalde-texas-school-shooting-victim-amerie-jo-garza\/"},"modified":"2022-05-30T21:14:08","modified_gmt":"2022-05-30T18:14:08","slug":"wake-held-for-uvalde-texas-school-shooting-victim-amerie-jo-garza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wake-held-for-uvalde-texas-school-shooting-victim-amerie-jo-garza\/","title":{"rendered":"#Wake held for Uvalde, Texas school shooting victim Amerie Jo Garza"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3f8fb243046\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3f8fb243046\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wake-held-for-uvalde-texas-school-shooting-victim-amerie-jo-garza\/#%E2%80%9CWake_held_for_Uvalde_Texas_school_shooting_victim_Amerie_Jo_Garza%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Wake held for Uvalde, Texas school shooting victim Amerie Jo Garza&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CWake_held_for_Uvalde_Texas_school_shooting_victim_Amerie_Jo_Garza%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Wake held for Uvalde, Texas school shooting victim Amerie Jo Garza&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<p>The first emotional wake for one of the 21 victims of the Texas school massacre was held Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Little Amerie Jo Garza \u2014 who was calling 911 for help when she was shot dead by deranged 18-year-old gunman Salvador Ramos \u2014 was being remembered at a daylong wake at the Hillcrest Memorial Funeral Home in Uvalde.<\/p>\n<p>The fourth-grader turned 10 just two weeks before she was killed in last week\u2019s slaughter at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde. She is set to be buried Tuesday.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Amerie-Jo-Garza.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Amerie Jo Garza had just turned 10 years old two weeks before the shooting in Uvalde.\" class=\"wp-image-22463950\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Amerie-Jo-Garza.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Amerie-Jo-Garza.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Amerie-Jo-Garza.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Amerie Jo Garza had turned 10 years old two weeks before the shooting in Uvalde.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> \/ Angel Garza<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/wake-school-shooting-victim-amerie-jo-5.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Garza's wake is the first one held for the 21 shooting victims.\" class=\"wp-image-22463970\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/wake-school-shooting-victim-amerie-jo-5.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/wake-school-shooting-victim-amerie-jo-5.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/wake-school-shooting-victim-amerie-jo-5.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Garza\u2019s wake is the first one held for the 21 shooting victims.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">James Keivom<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Her stepfather, medical technician Angel Garza, was tending to another victim when he learned the girl he raised as his own was among the dead, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/crime\/texas-school-shooting-medical-professional-rushed-scene-learned-stepdaughter-victim\/\">his mother told People magazine<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was helping children,\u201d Berlinda Arreola said of her son. <\/p>\n<p>She said he was told the tragic <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> about his stepdaughter when another student, covered in blood, told him it was Amerie\u2019s blood on her.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/wake-school-shooting-victim-amerie-jo-3.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Garza's stepfather Angel Garza, a medical technician, was working at the scene of the shooting when he learned of her death.\" class=\"wp-image-22463999\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/wake-school-shooting-victim-amerie-jo-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/wake-school-shooting-victim-amerie-jo-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/wake-school-shooting-victim-amerie-jo-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Garza\u2019s stepfather Angel Garza \u2014 a medical technician \u2014 was working at the scene of the shooting when he learned of her death.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">James Keivom<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/wake-school-shooting-victim-amerie-jo-2.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Wakes and funerals for the shooting victims are set to continue all week.\" class=\"wp-image-22463990\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/wake-school-shooting-victim-amerie-jo-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/wake-school-shooting-victim-amerie-jo-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/wake-school-shooting-victim-amerie-jo-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Wakes and funerals for the shooting victims are set to continue all week.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">James Keivom<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/wake-school-shooting-victim-amerie-jo-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"People gather for a wake for Robb Elementary School mass shooting victim Amerie Jo Garza.\" class=\"wp-image-22464151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/wake-school-shooting-victim-amerie-jo-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/wake-school-shooting-victim-amerie-jo-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/wake-school-shooting-victim-amerie-jo-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>People gather for a wake for Robb Elementary School mass shooting victim Amerie Jo Garza.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">James Keivom<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Wakes and funerals for the victims will continue through the week. <\/p>\n<p>In all, 19 fourth-graders and two adult teachers were killed in the massacre, one of the largest in US history and the deadliest elementary-school shooting since the slaughter of 26 students and educators at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget 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