Aunt – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Price

The household of an 11-year-old lady who survived the bloodbath at Robb Elementary College in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday says the 4th grader played lifeless after the gunman entered her classroom.

Miah Cerrillo's aunt and godmother mentioned the 4th grader is struggling to manage and telling them what she witnessed through the shooting.

"Round midnight my sister-in-law called me and he or she was just crying, like 'I feel it just hit Miah. I feel every little thing got here to actuality now,'" mentioned Blanca Rivera.

Rivera said Miah's trainer, Irma Garcia, was one of many two academics killed. Her pals and classmates had been additionally focused.

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

"Miah got some blood and put it on herself so she could pretend she was dead," said Rivera. "It is an excessive amount of for me to play that scene over and over again, however that is what my sister-in-law said is that she saw her buddy filled with blood and she received blood and put it on herself."

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

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

Rivera, a mother of three, mentioned the family is rallying around Miah to assist her recuperate bodily, emotionally and spiritually.

"At this level, we just have to hope and ask God to assist us transfer ahead through this situation, I do know it's traumatizing as it is," said Rivera.

Almost everybody in the city of Uvalde has been touched by the loss of someone in the mass shooting at Robb Elementary College, residents are supporting one another as they start coping with the tragedy.