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 played 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 in the course of the taking pictures.

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

Rivera mentioned Miah's trainer, Irma Garcia, was one of the two academics killed. Her buddies and classmates have been additionally targeted.

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

"Miah obtained some blood and put it on herself so she could faux she was dead," said Rivera. "It's an excessive amount of for me to play that scene over and over again, however that is what my sister-in-law said is that she saw her buddy full of blood and she obtained blood and put it on herself."

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

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

Rivera, a mother of three, stated the household is rallying around Miah to help her get better bodily, emotionally and spiritually.

"At this point, we just have to wish and ask God to help us transfer ahead by way of this case, I do know it's traumatizing as it is," stated Rivera.

Practically everybody in the town of Uvalde has been touched by the loss of someone within the mass capturing at Robb Elementary School, residents are supporting each other as they start dealing with the tragedy.