Jimmie Johnson Withdraws From NASCAR Race After Deaths of In-Laws, Nephew in Apparent Murder-Suicide

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Jimmie Johnson has withdrawn from NASCAR’s upcoming Cup Series race following the deaths of his in-laws and nephew in an apparent murder-suicide.“Legacy Motor Club has elected to withdraw the No.

84 Carvana Chevrolet from this weekend’s NASCAR Cup Series event in Chicago,” Johnson’s team said in a statement on Tuesday, June 27. “The Johnson family has asked for privacy at this time and no further statements will be made.”Johnson, 47, was set to participate in the Sunday, July 2, event, which is NASCAR’s first-ever street race in the Cup Series.Earlier this week, Johnson’s wife Chandra Janway‘s parents, Terry and Jack Janway, were found dead at their home in Oklahoma.

Their 11-year-old grandson Dalton, who was Johnson’s nephew, was also found dead at the scene. The Muskogee Police Department said in a statement that Terry, Jack and Dalton were killed after a shooting on Monday, June 26.

A police spokesperson told CNN that their deaths are being investigated as a murder-suicide.Police arrived at the Janway home after receiving a 911 call from a woman who said “someone” had a gun before hanging up. “When officers arrived on scene they saw a subject laying in the hallway inside the front door,” read the police’s statement. “Shortly after arriving officers heard another gunshot from further inside the house.