Aunt – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Price

The family of an 11-year-old girl 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 stated the 4th grader is struggling to manage and telling them what she witnessed in the course of the shooting.

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

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

Rivera stated that is when Miah went into survival mode.

"Miah received some blood and put it on herself so she could pretend she was lifeless," stated Rivera. "It is too much for me to play that scene again and again, however that's what my sister-in-law mentioned is that she saw her pal stuffed with blood and he or she received blood and put it on herself."

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

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

Rivera, a mom of three, mentioned the household is rallying around Miah to assist her get well bodily, emotionally and spiritually.

"At this point, we simply have to pray and ask God to assist us move ahead by means of this situation, I do know it is traumatizing as it's," mentioned Rivera.

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