Shawn Johnson Cries Over Nashville Elementary School Shooting While Hugging 2 Kids: ‘Today Has Changed Me’

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Shawn Johnson expressed her devastation while hugging her children in the wake of the Nashville elementary school shooting that killed three students and three adults.“I haven’t been able to catch my breath since reading the news and getting a call from our school that they were on lockdown as well given the news,” the 31-year-old Olympic gymnast — who shares 3-year-old daughter Drew and 20-month-old son Jett with husband Andrew East — wrote via her Instagram Story on Monday, March 27. “Shaking.

Crying. Heartbroken. Horrific.”The gold medalist, who also shared her husband’s footage of Covenant School students being led to safety, added: “Our babies are now home with us.

I feel lucky and blessed but still so incredibly sad. No parent or family should ever have to deal with this.”In order to view the video, please allow Manage CookiesJohnson detailed what she witnessed in Nashville as news of the shooting broke Tuesday afternoon.“I’ve seen children’s ambulances, countless police cars, buses of children being transported to safety, parents flying down the street laying on their horns, people sprinting in and out of churches and schools looking for their kids.”She concluded her message: “Today has changed me.”The athlete also shared several photos of her embracing her children in the wake of the school shooting. “When Andrew got our babies home,” she captioned one picture holding both of her kids.East, 31, revealed that the couple — who tied the knot in 2016 — were “notified of an active shooter in our neighborhood this morning.” Immediately, the pair “rushed to school to pick up the kids,” he wrote via Instagram, alongside footage of Johnson crying and holding their kids. “We found out the shooter was not at our kids