Aunt – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

The household of an 11-year-old woman who survived the bloodbath at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday says the 4th grader performed lifeless 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 taking pictures.

"Around midnight my sister-in-law known as me and she was just crying, like 'I think it simply hit Miah. I think the whole lot got here to actuality now,'" mentioned Blanca Rivera.

Rivera said Miah's teacher, Irma Garcia, was one of the two academics killed. Her buddies and classmates had been also focused.

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

"Miah bought some blood and put it on herself so she may pretend she was lifeless," mentioned Rivera. "It's too much for me to play that scene time and again, however that is what my sister-in-law said is that she noticed her pal full of 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 again," mentioned Rivera.

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

"At this level, we just have to pray and ask God to assist us move ahead by this situation, I know it is traumatizing as it's," mentioned Rivera.

Nearly everybody in the town of Uvalde has been touched by the loss of somebody in the mass capturing at Robb Elementary School, residents are supporting one another as they start coping with the tragedy.