Uvalde 4th Grader Says She Smeared Blood on Herself to Survive

An 11-year-old student who survived the Uvalde school shooting recounted her experience in a video message played before the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday, June 8. Miah Cerrillo, a fourth-grader at Robb Elementary School, said she covered herself in her friend’s blood and pretended to be dead when an 18-year-old gunman opened fire in the school and killed 19 students and two teachers on May 24. Cerrillo said the shooter “shot my teacher and told my teacher ‘goodnight’ … He shot my friend that was next to me … I grabbed her blood and I put it all over me.” Cerrillo’s father addressed the committee after his daughter’s video concluded. “I come because I could have lost my little girl,” he said. “Something needs to really change.” The mother of a 20-year-old wounded at the Buffalo supermarket shooting also spoke before Congress, as did the parents of a 10-year-old girl killed at Robb Elementary. Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2TwO8Gm Subscribe to our newest channel Quicktake Explained: https://bit.ly/3iERrup Bloomberg Quicktake brings you live global news and original shows spanning business, technology, politics and culture. Make sense of the stories changing your business and your world. To watch complete coverage on Bloomberg Quicktake 24/7, visit http://www.bloomberg.com/qt/live, or watch on Apple TV, Roku, Samsung Smart TV, Fire TV and Android TV on the Bloomberg app. Have a story to tell? Fill out this survey for a chance to have it featured on Bloomberg Quicktake: https://cor.us/surveys/27AF30 Connect with us on… YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Bloomberg Breaking News on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BloombergQuickTakeNews Twitter: https://twitter.com/quicktake Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/quicktake Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/quicktake

Added 15 May 2026