Texas teacher Eva Mireles died shielding students: daughter

The daughter of the longtime teacher who was gunned down in the Robb Elementary School massacre in Texas said her mother died heroically shielding her fourth-grade students from a barrage of bullets.

Eva Mireles’ daughter, Adalynn Ruiz, posted an emotional tribute on Facebook, saying that her 44-year-old mother “selflessly jumped in front of her students to save their lives.”

“Mom, I have no words to describe how I feel right now, tomorrow, and for the rest of my life,” Ruiz wrote. “Mom, you are a hero. I keep telling myself that this isn’t real. I just want to hear your voice.”

The massacre in Uvalde, Texas, claimed the lives of 19 children and two adults, including Mireles and her co-worker, Irma Garcia.

Responding officers fatally shot the suspected gunman, 18-year-old Salvador Ramos.

Another relative of Mireles, speaking to the New York Times, also said the veteran educator died “trying to protect her students” from the shooter.

The teacher’s cousin, Amber Ybarra, 34, told the “Today” show she was not surprised to hear that, declaring: “She is a hero.”

“She was adventurous. … She is definitely going to be very missed,” said Ybarra, of San Antonio.

Ruiz, the slain teacher’s daughter, addressed her in an impassioned post Wednesday, calling her “the half that makes me whole” and her “twin.”

“I want to sing karaoke with you and hear you sing ‘shine bright like diamond!’ In your loudest voice,” she wrote. “I want you to come back to me mom. I miss you more than words can explain. My beautiful mom, thank you for the funniest memories. Thank you for the best times of my life.”

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Ruiz added: “You are so known by many now and I’m so happy that people know your name and that beautiful face of yours and they know what a hero looks like.”

Lydia Martinez Delgado, Mireles’ aunt, told KSAT-TV that she was “furious” over the shooting, saying: “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 to loved ones.”

Mireles’ co-teacher, 46-year-old mom of four Irma Garcia, was also killed. According to witness accounts, she too died protecting her students from the gun-toting intruder, who police said barged into the school after shooting his grandmother during an argument.

With Post wires