Video After The Jump
PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY, Virginia (ABC 11) -- The family of a minor league baseball player in the Tampa Bay Rays organization was killed, allegedly by an 18-year-old relative who was caught on camera naked attacking someone else.
Matthew Bernard is charged with three counts of murder. Sources told ESPN the victims are the mother-in-law, wife and child of pitcher Blake Bivens, who plays for the Montgomery Biscuits in Alabama.
Bivens' wife is Bernard's sister.
Police haven't said how they were killed or given a motive.
Bernard didn't make it easy for police to arrest him. New video shows him chasing after an officer, who was armed with a gun. The officer eventually sprays mace in Bernard's direction.
Bernard then runs toward a news photographer, who, like the officer, quickly runs off. He's later seen attacking and choking a church caretaker in a parking lot. Before that, the same officer intervenes using his stick.
Bernard then runs down the road where he is confronted by other officers and a K-9.
He was eventually taken into custody.
In the wake of the shootings, the team cancelled its doubleheaders Tuesday night and released a statement, saying in part, "First and foremost, the Biscuits thoughts and prayers are with Blake and all those who have been impacted by this tragedy."
Bivens' son turned a year old in June.
According to ESPN, Bivens was selected by the Tampa Bay Rays in the fourth round of the 2014 draft after he attended high school in Virginia.
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