Aunt – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Price

The household of an 11-year-old woman who survived the massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday says the 4th grader performed 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 during the capturing.

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

Rivera stated Miah's teacher, Irma Garcia, was one of many two teachers killed. Her pals and classmates had been also focused.

Rivera mentioned that is when Miah went into survival mode.

"Miah obtained some blood and put it on herself so she may fake she was dead," stated Rivera. "It's an excessive amount of for me to play that scene again and again, but that's what my sister-in-law stated is that she noticed her buddy stuffed with blood and he or she received 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, said the household is rallying round Miah to assist her get better bodily, emotionally and spiritually.

"At this level, we just have to hope and ask God to help us transfer forward by means of this situation, I do know it's traumatizing as it's," said Rivera.

Nearly everybody in the city of Uvalde has been touched by the lack of somebody within the mass capturing at Robb Elementary School, residents are supporting one another as they start coping with the tragedy.