Aunt – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Value

The family of an 11-year-old girl who survived the bloodbath at Robb Elementary College 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 cope and telling them what she witnessed throughout the capturing.

"Round midnight my sister-in-law called me and she was just crying, like 'I think it simply hit Miah. I feel all the pieces came to actuality now,'" stated Blanca Rivera.

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

Rivera said that is when Miah went into survival mode.

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

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

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

Rivera, a mom of three, stated the household 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 forward through this example, I do know it is traumatizing as it's," stated Rivera.

Almost everybody within the town of Uvalde has been touched by the lack of somebody within the mass capturing at Robb Elementary College, residents are supporting one another as they start coping with the tragedy.