Aunt – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Value

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 lifeless 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 throughout the capturing.

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

Rivera mentioned Miah's instructor, Irma Garcia, was one of many two lecturers killed. Her friends and classmates had been additionally targeted.

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

"Miah got some blood and put it on herself so she could faux she was useless," 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 full of blood and she bought blood and put it on herself."

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

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

Rivera, a mother of three, mentioned the family is rallying around Miah to assist her recuperate physically, emotionally and spiritually.

"At this level, we simply have to hope and ask God to assist us move ahead by this example, I know it's traumatizing as it's," mentioned Rivera.

Almost everybody within the city of Uvalde has been touched by the lack of someone in the mass shooting at Robb Elementary Faculty, residents are supporting each other as they start coping with the tragedy.