I need help i think i might be an empath?

ok so recently my ex (carrson) is dating this girl (erika) and she was moving friday. but so ok, she snuck over to carrsons friend (andrew)s house to see carrson and i guess Erikas brother and father showed up and her brother choked her and beat her and her father didnt do anything. Carrson tried to get her away from him but erikas father pushed him down the stairs (no bad injuries) but so Erikas closest friends are Hallee, Katie and Reid there pretty torn up about it, and im close to hallee, but so today it was after lunch and her friend katie told me everything then i went to 5th, and i didnt feel right i started drawing but it wasnt like "i" was drawing. it was like just drawing by itself and i have never drawn that good, later i couldnt Focus my vision kept going blurry, and the regular things i would do, i couldnt, i would like think of something to say in my mind, but i wouldnt do it. i kept getting these rush of feelings that werent mine. finally later at home i take a walk, and they all come back, but not as confusing, i felt frustrated, sad, distant, confused, broken, and i wanted to cry, but i wouldnt, and for me crying isnt hard to do. i can cry whenever, but so i need help this isnt something im use to and no one belives me. and i think i am too. but i need your help because i have no clue. Also being 14 my hormones are making my reaction to them worse, i can tell my emotions from someone elses. Please help. am i an empath whats happening please read i no its long sorry thanx (: