Aunt – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Price

The family of an 11-year-old girl who survived the bloodbath at Robb Elementary Faculty in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday says the 4th grader performed useless 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 shooting.

"Around midnight my sister-in-law called me and she or he was simply crying, like 'I think it simply hit Miah. I believe all the things came to actuality now,'" said Blanca Rivera.

Rivera stated Miah's instructor, Irma Garcia, was one of the two lecturers killed. Her associates and classmates had been also focused.

Rivera said that is when Miah went into survival mode.

"Miah bought some blood and put it on herself so she might fake she was lifeless," said Rivera. "It's an excessive amount of for me to play that scene over and over again, but that's what my sister-in-law stated is that she saw her good friend filled with blood and she bought blood and put it on herself."

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

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

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

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

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