Aunt – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Price

The family of an 11-year-old lady 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 mentioned the 4th grader is struggling to cope and telling them what she witnessed during the shooting.

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

Rivera said Miah's instructor, Irma Garcia, was one of the two lecturers killed. Her buddies and classmates had been additionally targeted.

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

"Miah acquired some blood and put it on herself so she may fake she was useless," said 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 good friend stuffed with blood and she or he obtained blood and put it on herself."

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

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

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

"At this level, we simply have to hope and ask God to help us transfer forward through this situation, I do know it's traumatizing as it is," mentioned Rivera.

Nearly everyone in the town of Uvalde has been touched by the lack of somebody within the mass taking pictures at Robb Elementary Faculty, residents are supporting each other as they begin dealing with the tragedy.