Aunt – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Value

The household of an 11-year-old girl who survived the bloodbath at Robb Elementary Faculty in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday says the 4th grader performed dead after the gunman entered her classroom.

Miah Cerrillo's aunt and godmother said the 4th grader is struggling to manage and telling them what she witnessed in the course of the shooting.

"Round midnight my sister-in-law called me and she or he was just crying, like 'I believe it simply hit Miah. I think the whole lot came to actuality now,'" stated Blanca Rivera.

Rivera said Miah's teacher, Irma Garcia, was one of many two lecturers killed. Her buddies and classmates have been also focused.

Rivera stated that's when Miah went into survival mode.

"Miah received some blood and put it on herself so she could pretend she was lifeless," stated Rivera. "It is too much for me to play that scene again and again, but that is what my sister-in-law mentioned is that she noticed her pal stuffed with blood and he or she received blood and put it on herself."

Miah was injured however taken to the hospital and has been released.

"My brother mentioned she had bullet fragments in her back," said Rivera.

Rivera, a mom of three, mentioned the household is rallying around Miah to help her get better physically, emotionally and spiritually.

"At this point, we just have to wish and ask God to help us transfer forward by way of this case, I know it's traumatizing as it's," said Rivera.

Nearly everybody in the city of Uvalde has been touched by the loss of somebody within the mass taking pictures at Robb Elementary School, residents are supporting one another as they start dealing with the tragedy.