Aunt – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

The family 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 manage and telling them what she witnessed through the taking pictures.

"Round midnight my sister-in-law known as me and he or she was simply crying, like 'I feel it just hit Miah. I think every thing got here to reality now,'" mentioned Blanca Rivera.

Rivera said Miah's teacher, Irma Garcia, was one of many two academics killed. Her associates and classmates were also targeted.

Rivera stated that's when Miah went into survival mode.

"Miah acquired some blood and put it on herself so she could fake she was useless," mentioned Rivera. "It is an excessive amount of for me to play that scene again and again, but that is what my sister-in-law stated is that she noticed her friend full of blood and she acquired 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 again," stated Rivera.

Rivera, a mom of three, mentioned the household is rallying round Miah to help her recover bodily, emotionally and spiritually.

"At this point, we simply have to hope and ask God to assist us transfer forward by this case, I know it's traumatizing as it is," said Rivera.

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