Aunt – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Price

The household of an 11-year-old woman 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 stated the 4th grader is struggling to cope and telling them what she witnessed through the shooting.

"Round midnight my sister-in-law referred to as me and he or she was just crying, like 'I believe it just hit Miah. I believe the whole lot came to actuality now,'" stated Blanca Rivera.

Rivera stated Miah's instructor, Irma Garcia, was one of the two academics killed. Her buddies 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 might pretend she was useless," mentioned Rivera. "It is an excessive amount of for me to play that scene time and again, but that's what my sister-in-law said is that she saw her good friend filled with blood and she or he acquired blood and put it on herself."

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

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

Rivera, a mom of three, said the household is rallying round Miah to assist her recuperate physically, emotionally and spiritually.

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

Almost everybody within the town of Uvalde has been touched by the lack of someone in the mass capturing at Robb Elementary School, residents are supporting each other as they start dealing with the tragedy.