Aunt – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Price

The household of an 11-year-old woman who survived the massacre at Robb Elementary College 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 during the shooting.

"Round midnight my sister-in-law referred to as me and he or she was just crying, like 'I think it simply hit Miah. I believe every little thing got here to actuality now,'" said Blanca Rivera.

Rivera mentioned Miah's teacher, Irma Garcia, was one of many two academics killed. Her friends and classmates had been additionally targeted.

Rivera mentioned that is when Miah went into survival mode.

"Miah received some blood and put it on herself so she may faux she was lifeless," said Rivera. "It's too much for me to play that scene over and over again, however that's what my sister-in-law said is that she noticed her buddy full of blood and he or she got blood and put it on herself."

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

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

Rivera, a mother of three, said the family is rallying round Miah to help her get well physically, emotionally and spiritually.

"At this point, we simply have to wish and ask God to assist us move forward by means of this example, I do know it is traumatizing as it is," mentioned Rivera.

Nearly everyone in the town of Uvalde has been touched by the lack of someone within the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School, residents are supporting each other as they begin coping with the tragedy.