Faith Mata, a 21-year-old college student, was 11 years older than her littler sister, Tess, but they were always close. “Tess was just very joyful,” Ms. Mata remembered on Friday a… See more

When Maranda Gail Mathis, 11, started school, she was shy and quiet, her mother, Deanna Gornto, said. But as the year went on, she opened up and made friends. She was a creat… See more

Alexandria Aniyah Rubio, known as Lexi, was an honor student at Robb Elementary School who loved TikTok, dreamed of being a lawyer and was “the student every teacher wa… See more

Layla Salazar was an energetic girl who had just won three first-place ribbons for athletics at school and was already planning summer sleepovers with her friends at h… See more

Irma Garcia, a teacher of more than two decades, was known as a steadfast optimist in her family. She would crack jokes at gatherings in Uvalde, Texas, sing her favorit… See more