Ex-MLB pitcher Tyler Walker’s older brother, Mark Walker, his sister-in-law, Sara Sharkey Walker, and the couple’s son, Johnny Walker, are among those missing in the devastating Texas floods.
At least 82 people were killed in the devastation along the Guadalupe River, outside of San Antonio, and 41 remain missing.
Tyler Walker’s niece, Ellie Walker, was rescued from summer camp and is safe while her immediate family are unaccounted for as of Monday morning.
Family member Angela Walker Murphy shared the terrible news on her Facebook page, looking for any help or word on their status.
‘My cousins Mark, Sara Sharkey Walker and their son are among the missing in the floods near Hunt. If anyone has info, please share so I can relay to my Aunt Kathy. We have left our contact info with the shelters in the area and the Red Cross, but if there is something else, let us know. Please offer what you do for their safety,’ the post read.
Tyler Walker last played in the Major Leagues in 2010 for the Washington Nationals and made his big-league debut in 2002 with the New York Mets. His most successful stretch in the sport was in two stints with the San Francisco Giants from 2004 to 2008.
Ex-MLB pitcher Tyler Walker’s brother, Mark, and his family are missing in the Texas floods
Mark, Sara, and Johnny Walker are among the missing in the devastating Central Texas floods
At least 82 people were killed in the floods along the Guadalupe River, outside of San Antonio
It is unclear how many people were killed or remain missing across the state, but law enforcement sources expect the death toll to surpass 100.
Ten girls and a counselor are still unaccounted for at Camp Mystic, a Christian summer camp along the river where 27 people died in the raging floods.
Survivors have described the floods as a ‘pitch black wall of death’ and said they received no emergency warnings.
Officials have come under scrutiny as to why residents and youth summer camps along the river were not alerted sooner about the severe weather or told to evacuate.
The National Weather Service has extended a flash flood watch for the Texas Hill Country, where an additional one to three inches of rain is expected to fall today, until 7pm local time (6pm EST).
The Texas Hill Country in the central part of the state is naturally prone to flash flooding. Friday’s flash floods started with a particularly bad storm that dropped most of its 12 inches of rain in the dark, early morning hours.
