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Shawn Johnson East provided an update connected her family's information pursuing The Covenant School shooting.
The Olympic gymnast, who shares 3-year-old girl Drew Hazel and 20-month-old lad Jett James with hubby Andrew East, said that her children's schoolhouse took information measures aft learning of the shooting astatine The Covenant School in Nashville.
"I haven't been capable to drawback my enactment since speechmaking the quality and getting a telephone from our schoolhouse that they were connected lockdown arsenic good fixed the news," Shawn wrote connected her March 27 Instagram Story. "Shaking. Crying. Heartbroken. Horrific."
Shawn went connected to enactment that her children are present backmost home, and that she is reasoning of the lives impacted.
"I consciousness fortunate and blessed but inactive truthful incredibly sad. No genitor oregon household should ever person to woody with this," Shawn continued. "I've seen childrens ambulances, countless constabulary cars, buses of children being transported to safety, parents flying down the thoroughfare laying connected their horns, radical sprinting successful and retired of churches and schools looking for their kids. Today has changed me."
Shawn besides shared footage of herself holding her children "when Andrew got our babies home." As seen successful videos connected her Instagram Story, Shawn had tears streaming down her look portion holding her girl and son. She noted, "Can't halt crying."
Per NBC News, authorities accidental 3 nine-year-old children—Evelyn Dieckhaus, Hallie Scruggs and William Kinney—and 3 unit members—Cynthia Peak, 61, Katherine Koonce, 60, and Mike Hill, 61—were killed connected March 27 during a shooting astatine The Covenant School, a backstage Christian school in Nashville that serves preschool students done sixth graders.
Metropolitan Nashville Police Chief John Drake said the shooter was a erstwhile pupil of the school, according to the outlet. Law enforcement officials said that the shooter was killed by constabulary astatine the scene.
NBC News added that constabulary spokesperson Don Aaron told reporters the attacker entered the instauration done a "side entrance" connected the archetypal floor.
Shawn is not the lone nationalist fig with a residence successful Nashville who spoke retired connected however the calamity hits adjacent to home. Jana Kramer, who shares children children Jolie, 7, and Jace, 4, with ex-husband Mike Caussin, took to her societal media to fto others cognize her children are safe.
"Jolie and Jace are okay. My bosom is perfectly breaking for the children and families close now," Jana wrote connected her March 27 Instagram Story, earlier penning successful a follow-up Story post, "It wasn't their school. I cognize idiosyncratic that works determination though and we person friends that person kids there. We shouldn't person to fearfulness dropping our kids of astatine schoolhouse and fearing them not coming home."
Meanwhile, Jessie James Decker, who shares kids Vivianne, 9, Eric Jr., 7, and Forrest, 4 with hubby Eric Decker shared a tearful video connected the matter.
"It's not my kids' school. But it's lone 2 miles up the road," Jessie said done tears connected her IG Story. "It is conscionable awful. I'm conscionable heartbroken for these families. This conscionable should not beryllium happening. I went and picked the kids up instantly and they're location safe."
Kristin Cavallari, who is ma to kids Camden, 10, Jaxon, 8, and Saylor, 7, with ex Jay Cutler, besides penned a connection successful reflection pursuing the news: "Wanting to hug my babies a small spot tighter. We luckily weren't affected by this mornings shooting."
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