Aunt – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Price

The family of an 11-year-old lady who survived the bloodbath at Robb Elementary Faculty in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday says the 4th grader played dead 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 referred to as me and she was just crying, like 'I think it just hit Miah. I feel the whole lot came to actuality now,'" stated Blanca Rivera.

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

Rivera mentioned that is when Miah went into survival mode.

"Miah obtained some blood and put it on herself so she might fake she was useless," mentioned Rivera. "It is too much for me to play that scene again and again, however that's what my sister-in-law stated is that she noticed her pal full of blood and she received 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," said Rivera.

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

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

Practically everybody within the city of Uvalde has been touched by the lack of someone within the mass taking pictures at Robb Elementary Faculty, residents are supporting one another as they start coping with the tragedy.