Aunt – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

The family of an 11-year-old girl who survived the bloodbath at Robb Elementary Faculty in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday says the 4th grader performed dead 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 in the course of the taking pictures.

"Round midnight my sister-in-law referred to as me and she was just crying, like 'I believe it simply hit Miah. I believe every part came to reality now,'" stated Blanca Rivera.

Rivera stated Miah's trainer, Irma Garcia, was one of the two academics killed. Her associates and classmates had been additionally focused.

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

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

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

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

Rivera, a mother of three, mentioned the household is rallying round Miah to assist her recover bodily, emotionally and spiritually.

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

Practically everyone within the city of Uvalde has been touched by the loss of someone in the mass capturing at Robb Elementary College, residents are supporting each other as they begin coping with the tragedy.