Aunt – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Price

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 played lifeless after the gunman entered her classroom.

Miah Cerrillo's aunt and godmother stated the 4th grader is struggling to manage and telling them what she witnessed in the course of the shooting.

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

Rivera mentioned Miah's instructor, Irma Garcia, was one of the two academics killed. Her associates and classmates have been additionally focused.

Rivera stated that is when Miah went into survival mode.

"Miah acquired some blood and put it on herself so she may pretend she was dead," mentioned Rivera. "It's too much for me to play that scene again and again, however that is what my sister-in-law mentioned is that she saw her friend stuffed 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," mentioned Rivera.

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

"At this level, we simply have to wish and ask God to assist us move forward via this situation, I know it is traumatizing as it is," mentioned Rivera.

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