Jimmie Johnson is experiencing a horrible tragedy.
The 47-year-old NASCAR race car driver’s wife’s parents and 11-year-old nephew died following a fatal shooting at their Oklahoma home on Monday (June 27), and it’s being investigated as a murder-suicide, via TMZ.
His team, Legacy Motor Club, just announced Jimmie will not race this weekend, saying they “elected to withdraw the No. 84 Carvana Chevrolet from this weekend’s NASCAR Cup Series event in Chicago,” according to the outlet.
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Muskogee Police report that Chandra Janway‘s parents, Jack and Terry Janway, and nephew Dalton Janway were found dead shortly after 9 PM after receiving a 911 call from a woman who reported someone with a gun before hanging up the phone.
Terry is reportedly considered the suspect. A motive is currently unknown and now under investigation. It’s not clear who made the 911 call.
The police reportedly found a body laying in the hallway after arriving at the scene, and heard another gunshot come from inside the home, where they found two more dead bodies. All three died from gunshot wounds.
Jimmie and Chandra got married in 2004 and have two daughters together, Genevieve and Lydia.
Our thoughts are with Jimmie Johnson‘s family at this incredibly difficult time.