Aunt – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

The household of an 11-year-old girl who survived the bloodbath 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 mentioned the 4th grader is struggling to cope and telling them what she witnessed during the capturing.

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

Rivera mentioned Miah's trainer, Irma Garcia, was one of the two lecturers killed. Her friends and classmates had been also targeted.

Rivera said that is when Miah went into survival mode.

"Miah received some blood and put it on herself so she may pretend she was lifeless," said Rivera. "It's too much for me to play that scene time and again, but that's what my sister-in-law mentioned is that she saw her good friend filled with blood and she or he acquired 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 back," stated Rivera.

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

"At this level, we simply have to hope and ask God to assist us move forward by this case, I know it's traumatizing as it's," mentioned Rivera.

Almost everyone in the city of Uvalde has been touched by the loss of somebody within the mass taking pictures at Robb Elementary College, residents are supporting each other as they begin coping with the tragedy.