Aunt – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Value

The household of an 11-year-old woman who survived the bloodbath 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 said the 4th grader is struggling to cope and telling them what she witnessed throughout the shooting.

"Round midnight my sister-in-law referred to as me and she was just crying, like 'I think it simply hit Miah. I think all the things came to actuality now,'" said Blanca Rivera.

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

Rivera stated that is when Miah went into survival mode.

"Miah got some blood and put it on herself so she could fake she was dead," stated Rivera. "It is too much for me to play that scene again and again, however that is what my sister-in-law mentioned is that she saw her good friend filled with blood and she or he bought 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," stated Rivera.

Rivera, a mother of three, mentioned the family is rallying around Miah to help her get better bodily, emotionally and spiritually.

"At this point, we just have to wish and ask God to help us move ahead by means of this case, I know it is traumatizing as it's," said Rivera.

Almost everybody within the town of Uvalde has been touched by the lack of someone within the mass shooting at Robb Elementary College, residents are supporting each other as they start dealing with the tragedy.