Aunt – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

The household of an 11-year-old girl who survived the massacre at Robb Elementary College in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday says the 4th grader performed dead 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 called me and she was just crying, like 'I feel it just hit Miah. I feel every thing came to reality now,'" said Blanca Rivera.

Rivera said Miah's trainer, Irma Garcia, was one of the two lecturers killed. Her buddies and classmates were additionally targeted.

Rivera mentioned that is when Miah went into survival mode.

"Miah acquired some blood and put it on herself so she may pretend she was useless," stated Rivera. "It's too much for me to play that scene over and over, but that is what my sister-in-law mentioned is that she noticed her good friend full of blood and she or he acquired 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," said Rivera.

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

"At this level, we simply have to hope and ask God to assist us transfer forward by this example, I know it is traumatizing as it is," mentioned Rivera.

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