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Melissa Joan Hart Describes Helping Students Trying To Escape Nashville School Shooting
AN EMOTIONAL MELISSA DESCRIBED HOW SHE CAME TO BE INVOLVED IN THE SITUATION.
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Fighting back tears, the Sabrina the Teenage Witch star shared that her own kids go to school "right next to" where the shooting took place.
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"We moved here from Connecticut where we were in school a little ways down from Sandy Hook, so this is our second experience with a school shooting with our kids being in close proximity," she told her 1.7 million followers. "Luckily, we are all okay."
SADLY, THIS ISN'T MELISSA'S FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH A SCHOOL SHOOTING.
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"Prayers today, action tomorrow," she said, joining a growing number of celebrities speaking out on social media and demanding stricter gun regulations.
MELISSA ENDED HER VIDEO WITH ONE FINAL MESSAGE.
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No Country for Old Men star Josh Brolin also vented his anger and frustration about America's lax gun laws.
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THE NASHVILLE TRAGEDY ALSO HIT CLOSE TO HOME FOR SHAWN JOHNSON EAST.
The former gymnast has two children who were at a nearby school while the shooting was taking place.
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SIX INNOCENT LIVES WERE LOST IN MONDAY'S SHOOTING.
Three 9-year-old children and three adults, including the head of the school and a custodian, were killed when the shooter, identified as 28-year-old Audrey Hale, shot her way into the building and unleashed a deadly rampage.