(CNN) — The wife, child and mother-in-law of a pitcher in the Tampa Bay Rays organization were killed Tuesday, and an 18-year-old suspect was arrested as he ran naked through their Virginia town.

VIDEO: Virginia authorities arrest the suspect accused of killing three people

Those slain were the family of Montgomery Biscuits pitcher Blake Bivens, according to a report by ESPN. The man arrested, Matthew Thomas Bernard, was his wife’s brother.

Bernard was arrested on three counts of first-degree murder, a spokesperson for Pittsylvania County, Virginia, said in a statement provided to CNN.

A 911 call around 8 a.m. Tuesday morning reported that a person had been shot in a home in Keeling, Virginia, the spokesperson said. Deputies found a dead woman in the driveway and the bodies of another woman and a child inside the home.

Schools were put on lockdown as deputies searched for the shooter, described as a young man armed with a rifle. When the suspect was found more than four hours later, he was running naked in a wooded area.

Video of Bernard’s arrest shows him trotting aimlessly on the grounds of a church, at one point turning to charge at the officer chasing him. He also grabs a church groundskeeper by the neck before sprinting off again.

The Tampa Bay Rays organization released a statement Tuesday night:

“Earlier today we learned that Blake Bivens, a pitcher with our Double-A affiliate, the Montgomery Biscuits, suffered a terrible family tragedy in southern Virginia,” the Rays said on Twitter. “Our hearts are broken for Blake. We are grieving with him and will support him any way we can. We ask that everyone respect the privacy of the Bivens family and the Biscuits family during this extremely difficult time.”

Bivens, 24, was drafted by the Rays in 2014 out of George Washington High School in Danville, Virginia. This is his second season with Montgomery.

I don’t even know what to say here. This is in Virginia.😳 This man murdered 2 women & 1 child Attacked officers while naked Choked a church groundskeeper And finally with 100 police officers—was detained alive and unharmedpic.twitter.com/qHO1c0hpZW — Qasim Rashid, Esq. (@QasimRashid) August 28, 2019

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