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 performed useless 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.

"Round midnight my sister-in-law known as me and she was just crying, like 'I believe it simply hit Miah. I feel all the pieces got here to actuality now,'" stated Blanca Rivera.

Rivera said Miah's teacher, Irma Garcia, was one of the two lecturers killed. Her buddies and classmates have been also focused.

Rivera mentioned 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, however that is what my sister-in-law stated is that she saw her friend stuffed with blood and she or he acquired blood and put it on herself."

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

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

Rivera, a mother of three, said the family is rallying around Miah to assist her get well physically, emotionally and spiritually.

"At this point, we just have to wish and ask God to assist us transfer forward via this situation, I know it's traumatizing as it's," stated Rivera.

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