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Police: Richard Sherman's Father-in-Law Pepper-Sprayed NFL Star During Altercation

More allegations have emerged following the Wednesday morning arrest and booking of NFL free-agent cornerback Richard Sherman on suspicion of burglary domestic violence at King County Jail in Seattle.

Per Gene Johnson of the Associated Press, Raymond Moss, who is Sherman's father-in-law, told police that he pepper-sprayed the 10-year NFL veteran and armed himself with a gun after the ex-Seattle Seahawk and San Francisco 49er attempted to break into his in-laws' Redmond, Washington home.

"The family began to yell in fear," Moss told police in a statement. "I used pepper spray on Sherman's face through the partially opened door as he was still banging and attempting to gain entry.