Aunt – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Price

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 played 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 in the course of the capturing.

"Around midnight my sister-in-law called me and he or she was simply crying, like 'I believe it just hit Miah. I think the whole lot got here to reality now,'" mentioned Blanca Rivera.

Rivera stated Miah's teacher, Irma Garcia, was one of many two teachers killed. Her friends and classmates have been additionally targeted.

Rivera mentioned that is when Miah went into survival mode.

"Miah received some blood and put it on herself so she may pretend she was lifeless," said Rivera. "It's an excessive amount of for me to play that scene time and again, however that's what my sister-in-law mentioned is that she noticed her pal stuffed with blood and he or she obtained 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 mom of three, stated the household is rallying around Miah to help her recuperate physically, emotionally and spiritually.

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

Almost everyone within the town of Uvalde has been touched by the loss of somebody in the mass taking pictures at Robb Elementary School, residents are supporting each other as they begin coping with the tragedy.