Aunt – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Price

The household of an 11-year-old lady who survived the massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday says the 4th grader played lifeless 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 all the pieces came to reality now,'" mentioned Blanca Rivera.

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

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

"Miah acquired some blood and put it on herself so she might fake she was dead," said Rivera. "It is too much for me to play that scene again and again, however that is what my sister-in-law stated is that she saw her buddy full of blood and he or she acquired blood and put it on herself."

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

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

Rivera, a mom of three, mentioned the household is rallying around Miah to help her get well physically, emotionally and spiritually.

"At this point, we simply have to wish and ask God to assist us move ahead via this case, I do know it's traumatizing as it's," stated Rivera.

Nearly everybody in the town of Uvalde has been touched by the loss of somebody within the mass shooting at Robb Elementary College, residents are supporting each other as they begin dealing with the tragedy.