Aunt – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Price

The household of an 11-year-old girl who survived the massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday says the 4th grader performed useless 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 through the taking pictures.

"Around midnight my sister-in-law called me and he or she was simply crying, like 'I think it just hit Miah. I think every little thing got here to actuality now,'" mentioned Blanca Rivera.

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

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

"Miah bought some blood and put it on herself so she could fake she was dead," said Rivera. "It is an excessive amount of for me to play that scene over and over, however that's what my sister-in-law mentioned is that she saw her friend filled with blood and she or he bought blood and put it on herself."

Miah was injured however taken to the hospital and has been released.

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

Rivera, a mom of three, said the family is rallying around Miah to help her get well physically, emotionally and spiritually.

"At this level, we just have to pray and ask God to assist us move ahead by means of this case, I do know it is traumatizing as it is," stated Rivera.

Nearly everybody in the town of Uvalde has been touched by the lack of someone within the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School, residents are supporting one another as they begin coping with the tragedy.