Aunt – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

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 dead after the gunman entered her classroom.

Miah Cerrillo's aunt and godmother mentioned the 4th grader is struggling to cope and telling them what she witnessed in the course of the taking pictures.

"Around midnight my sister-in-law known as me and she was simply crying, like 'I believe it just hit Miah. I believe every part got here to reality now,'" said Blanca Rivera.

Rivera said Miah's trainer, Irma Garcia, was one of the two academics killed. Her pals and classmates were additionally focused.

Rivera said that is when Miah went into survival mode.

"Miah got some blood and put it on herself so she might pretend she was dead," stated Rivera. "It's an excessive amount of for me to play that scene over and over again, but that is what my sister-in-law said is that she noticed her pal full of blood and she or he got blood and put it on herself."

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

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

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

"At this point, we simply have to wish and ask God to help us move ahead via this case, I know it is traumatizing as it's," said Rivera.

Practically everybody within the city of Uvalde has been touched by the loss of someone within the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School, residents are supporting one another as they begin dealing with the tragedy.