Aunt – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Price

The family of an 11-year-old woman 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 stated the 4th grader is struggling to cope and telling them what she witnessed through the shooting.

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

Rivera mentioned Miah's teacher, Irma Garcia, was one of the two academics killed. Her associates and classmates had been additionally targeted.

Rivera mentioned that is when Miah went into survival mode.

"Miah obtained some blood and put it on herself so she could pretend she was dead," mentioned Rivera. "It is too much for me to play that scene time and again, but that's what my sister-in-law said is that she saw her good friend full of blood and he or she bought blood and put it on herself."

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

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

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

"At this point, we simply have to hope and ask God to help us transfer forward by way of this example, I know it is traumatizing as it is," said Rivera.

Nearly everyone 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.