Aunt – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

The family of an 11-year-old girl who survived the bloodbath at Robb Elementary College 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 throughout the taking pictures.

"Around midnight my sister-in-law called me and he or she was simply crying, like 'I believe it simply hit Miah. I think all the things got here to reality now,'" mentioned Blanca Rivera.

Rivera said Miah's trainer, Irma Garcia, was one of the two teachers killed. Her buddies and classmates have been additionally focused.

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

"Miah obtained some blood and put it on herself so she may fake she was lifeless," said Rivera. "It's an excessive amount of for me to play that scene time and again, but that is what my sister-in-law mentioned is that she noticed her buddy full of blood and she or he got 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 mom of three, said the family is rallying around Miah to assist her recover physically, emotionally and spiritually.

"At this level, we just have to pray and ask God to help us move forward by this case, I know it's traumatizing as it is," stated Rivera.

Practically everyone in the city of Uvalde has been touched by the loss of someone in the mass taking pictures at Robb Elementary Faculty, residents are supporting one another as they begin dealing with the tragedy.