Ravens safety Ed Reed’s brother missing, cops searching river

Baltimore Ravens safety Ed Reed’s status is uncertain, after his brother leapt into a river to evade police and hasn’t been seen since.

It is unclear whether Reed will travel to Kansas City with the Ravens today at 2 pm, ahead of a scheduled game against the Chiefs. Brian Reed, the safety’s younger brother, reportedly slipped from the grasp of police as they attempted to cuff him at the junction of Kenner, Louisiana and St. Charles Parish. Police say he was last seen in the river, and there is reason to believe he may have had difficulty swimming:

“The suspect jumped into the river, went about 15 feet according to the deputy,” said Sgt. Dwayne LaGrange, a spokesman for the St. Charles Parish Sheriff’s Office. “At some particular point they said he did witness hands and head come up and go under the water and never resurface again.”

Reed’s mother commented on her younger son’s disappearance:

“He was a good person,” said his mother, Karen Reed. “He kind of had a little run in with drugs and stuff. He had kind of got off it. Other than that he was all right.”

According to the Washington Post, the search for Reed has currently been called off but no reason was cited.