
NASCAR driver Jimmie Johnson's 11-year-old nephew, mother-in-law, and father-in-law died after a suspected murder-suicide in Oklahoma.
According to E! News, the shooting took place on Monday.
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"When officers arrived on scene, they saw a subject laying in the hallway inside the front door," the chief of the Muskogee Police Department said in a release. "Shortly after arriving, officers heard another gunshot from further inside the house. Officers conducted a rescue of the subject laying inside the hallway and determined the subject was deceased."
The 11-year-old, Dalton, was the grandson of Terry and Jack Janway, who both also died in the shooting, NBC News reported.
Officials responded to a disturbance at the home Monday night. They said the shooting is being investigated as a murder-suicide and that Terry, Johnson's mother-in-law, is thought to be the suspect.
"We are saddened by the tragic deaths of members of Chandra Johnson's family," NASCAR said in a statement. "The entire NASCAR family extends its deepest support and condolences during this difficult time to Chandra, Jimmie, and the entire Johnson and Janway families."
Muskogee public school district also released a statement on the death of Dalton. They said the fifth-grader was "cherished by his teachers and fellow classmates."
The NASCAR driver withdrew from a race on Sunday.
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