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NASCAR operator Jimmie Johnson is withdrawing from this weekend's upcoming Cup Series lawsuit pursuing the fatal shooting of his father-in-law, mother-in-law and 11-year-old nephew connected June 26.
NASCAR Supports Jimmie Johnson Amid Family Tragedy
Jimmie Johnson is taking a measurement backmost from racing.
The contention car driver's team, Legacy Motor Club, shared that they volition beryllium withdrawing his car from the upcoming NASCAR Cup Series lawsuit amid his family's heartbreaking tragedy.
"LEGACY MOTOR CLUB has elected to retreat the No. 84 Carvana Chevrolet from this weekend's NASCAR Cup Series lawsuit successful Chicago," the team wrote connected their website. "The Johnson household has asked for privateness astatine this clip and nary further statements volition beryllium made."
The announcement comes aft Jimmie's household suffered the loss of his mother-in-law Terry Janway, 68, father-in-law Jack Janway, 69, and 11-year-old nephew Dalton in an evident murder-suicide successful Oklahoma connected June 26.
Terry, the parent of Johnson's wife Chandra, is believed to beryllium the superior fishy successful the killings, authorities confirmed to E! News.
Muskogee Police Department Chief of Police Johnny Teehee said successful a property merchandise that astatine astir 9:05 p.m. connected June 26 officials received a telephone from a pistillate who stated "that determination was a disturbance and idiosyncratic had a weapon and past hung up."
"When officers arrived connected country they saw a taxable laying successful the hallway wrong the beforehand door," he continued. "Shortly aft arriving officers heard different gunshot from further wrong the house. Officers conducted a rescue of the taxable laying wrong the hallway and determined the taxable was deceased."
After authorities requested for occupants wrong the location to look and further officers arrived, "a hunt of the residence was conducted and 2 much subjects were recovered deceased wrong the residence."
No further details person been shared publically astatine this time.
Jimmie Johnson Racing
In the aftermath of the news, Jimmie's racing household sharing their enactment for his family.
"We are saddened by the tragic deaths of members of Chandra Johnson's family," NASCAR said successful a connection to E!. "The full NASCAR household extends its deepest enactment and condolences during this hard clip to Chandra, Jimmie and the full Johnson & Janway families."
Muskogee Mayor Marlon Coleman also addressed the tragedy, noting his idiosyncratic transportation to the family.
"It was traumatizing to find retired that a long-standing household who had made truthful galore contributions to our assemblage were progressive successful this benignant of incident. It was adjacent much bone-chilling to find retired determination was a kid involved," helium told Fox23. "I knew Dr. Janway. Dr Janway has worked connected me, we've been acquaintances for a very, precise agelong clip since I've been successful Muskogee. Just knowing that it was him and his household took a antithetic toll connected me."
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