Aunt – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

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

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

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

Rivera stated Miah's teacher, Irma Garcia, was one of the two teachers killed. Her associates and classmates had been also targeted.

Rivera said that is when Miah went into survival mode.

"Miah obtained 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's what my sister-in-law stated is that she saw her friend filled with blood and she bought 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," said Rivera.

Rivera, a mother of three, said the household is rallying round Miah to assist her get well bodily, emotionally and spiritually.

"At this point, we simply have to pray and ask God to help us transfer ahead by this case, I know it's traumatizing as it's," said Rivera.

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