Aunt – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

The household of an 11-year-old girl who survived the bloodbath at Robb Elementary Faculty in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday says the 4th grader played lifeless after the gunman entered her classroom.

Miah Cerrillo's aunt and godmother said the 4th grader is struggling to manage and telling them what she witnessed in the course of the shooting.

"Around midnight my sister-in-law called me and she was just crying, like 'I think it just hit Miah. I feel everything got here to actuality now,'" said Blanca Rivera.

Rivera stated Miah's instructor, Irma Garcia, was one of the two teachers killed. Her mates and classmates were also targeted.

Rivera said that is when Miah went into survival mode.

"Miah obtained some blood and put it on herself so she could pretend she was dead," said Rivera. "It's too much for me to play that scene over and over again, however that is what my sister-in-law mentioned is that she noticed her friend stuffed with blood and he or she acquired 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 back," mentioned Rivera.

Rivera, a mom of three, said the household is rallying round Miah to help her get better physically, emotionally and spiritually.

"At this point, we simply have to pray and ask God to assist us transfer forward through this example, I know it's traumatizing as it is," said Rivera.

Nearly everyone within the city of Uvalde has been touched by the lack of someone within the mass capturing at Robb Elementary College, residents are supporting one another as they start coping with the tragedy.