Aunt – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Value

The family of an 11-year-old lady who survived the bloodbath at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday says the 4th grader performed useless 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.

"Around midnight my sister-in-law known as me and she or he was simply crying, like 'I feel it simply hit Miah. I feel all the pieces got here to actuality now,'" stated Blanca Rivera.

Rivera stated Miah's instructor, Irma Garcia, was one of many two lecturers killed. Her friends and classmates have been also targeted.

Rivera said that is when Miah went into survival mode.

"Miah bought some blood and put it on herself so she might fake she was dead," mentioned Rivera. "It is an excessive amount of for me to play that scene time and again, however that's what my sister-in-law said is that she noticed her friend full of blood and he or she got blood and put it on herself."

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

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

Rivera, a mom of three, stated the family is rallying round Miah to help her get better bodily, emotionally and spiritually.

"At this point, we simply have to hope and ask God to help us transfer ahead by means of this situation, I know it's traumatizing as it is," mentioned Rivera.

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