Aunt – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

The family of an 11-year-old lady who survived the massacre at Robb Elementary Faculty 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 throughout the capturing.

"Round midnight my sister-in-law called me and she or he was just crying, like 'I think it simply hit Miah. I think everything got here to actuality now,'" mentioned Blanca Rivera.

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

Rivera said that is when Miah went into survival mode.

"Miah got some blood and put it on herself so she might pretend she was dead," said Rivera. "It's an excessive amount of for me to play that scene time and again, however that is what my sister-in-law stated is that she noticed her friend full of blood and she or he received blood and put it on herself."

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

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

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

"At this point, we simply have to wish and ask God to help us move ahead by way of this example, I know it's traumatizing as it is," mentioned Rivera.

Nearly everyone in the city of Uvalde has been touched by the lack of somebody within the mass shooting at Robb Elementary Faculty, residents are supporting each other as they begin coping with the tragedy.