College Baseball Player Fatally Shot by Police After Knocking on Wrong Door, Family Says
Authorities say surveillance video captured the fatal encounter as the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office and detective bureau investigate the officer-involved shooting.
- Early Sunday, Upper Pottsgrove Township police fatally shot 22-year-old Glenn Pysher at a Snyder Road home while responding to a reported attempted break-in at 12:29 a.m.
- Erin Pysher said her son mistakenly walked to the wrong house after celebrating a friend's birthday, believing it was his friend's residence and knocking on the door to enter.
- Surveillance footage of the backyard is being reviewed as part of the investigation; Erin Pysher claims her son was unarmed, carrying only a cell phone and book bag.
- The Montgomery County Detective Bureau is leading the standard investigation; authorities have not yet identified the officer involved or released further details regarding the confrontation.
- Pysher was scheduled to return to Saint Elizabeth University in New Jersey this week to play baseball, leaving family mourning a student athlete with reportedly "so much potential.
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College baseball player fatally shot by police after knocking on wrong door, family says
A 22-year-old man in Upper Pottsgrove was fatally shot by police after mistakenly knocking on the door of the wrong house, according to his family. The Montgomery County District Attorney's Office is investigating.
The 22-year-old Glenwood University Baseball Player Bubba-Pysher was shot dead by police on Sunday morning (23), in Upper Pottsgrove, Pennsylvania, United States. According to the family, the young man had left a bar to celebrate a friend's birthday and, under the influence of alcohol, ended up trying to get into the wrong house. 'Unfortunate error': understand the design mistake that portrayed the German stadium instead of the local arena in th…
Family speaks after Glenn Pysher killed in Upper Pottsgrove police shooting in Pennsylvania: 'He ended up at the wrong house'
Glenn Pysher's family is speaking out after the 22-year-old was killed in an Upper Pottsgrove, Pennsylvania police shooting.
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