Aunt – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

The household of an 11-year-old woman who survived the bloodbath at Robb Elementary College in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday says the 4th grader performed useless after the gunman entered her classroom.

Miah Cerrillo's aunt and godmother stated the 4th grader is struggling to cope and telling them what she witnessed in the course of the shooting.

"Around midnight my sister-in-law referred to as me and he or she was simply crying, like 'I believe it simply hit Miah. I believe every thing got here to reality now,'" stated Blanca Rivera.

Rivera said Miah's instructor, Irma Garcia, was one of many two lecturers killed. Her friends and classmates were additionally focused.

Rivera stated that is when Miah went into survival mode.

"Miah obtained some blood and put it on herself so she may fake she was useless," said Rivera. "It is an excessive amount of for me to play that scene again and again, but that is what my sister-in-law mentioned is that she noticed her buddy stuffed with blood and she got blood and put it on herself."

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

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

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

"At this level, we simply have to wish and ask God to help us transfer ahead through this situation, I know it's traumatizing as it's," stated Rivera.

Practically everybody within the town of Uvalde has been touched by the loss of somebody within the mass capturing at Robb Elementary Faculty, residents are supporting one another as they begin dealing with the tragedy.