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 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 called me and she or he was simply crying, like 'I think it just hit Miah. I believe the whole lot got here to reality now,'" said Blanca Rivera.

Rivera stated Miah's teacher, Irma Garcia, was one of many two academics killed. Her friends and classmates were also targeted.

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

"Miah bought some blood and put it on herself so she might fake she was lifeless," stated Rivera. "It is an excessive amount of for me to play that scene over and over, but that is what my sister-in-law mentioned is that she noticed her good friend filled with blood and she or he 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," stated Rivera.

Rivera, a mom of three, said the family is rallying round Miah to help her get better bodily, emotionally and spiritually.

"At this level, we just have to wish and ask God to assist us transfer forward by this situation, I do know it is traumatizing as it's," mentioned Rivera.

Practically everyone in the city of Uvalde has been touched by the loss of someone within the mass capturing at Robb Elementary College, residents are supporting one another as they begin coping with the tragedy.