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A Lower Pottsgrove man knocked on the wrong door. A cop killed him, thinking he was a burglar.
Inquirer.com • • nation
Key Points:
- Glenwood Pysher IV, a 22-year-old college senior and aspiring history teacher and baseball coach, was fatally shot by a police officer after mistakenly entering the wrong home in Upper Pottsgrove.
- The incident occurred early Sunday when Pysher, separated from his friends after a birthday party, knocked on a stranger’s door; responding to a 911 call, an officer shot him twice, killing him almost instantly.
- The Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office is investigating the shooting, with no further details released and the officer involved unidentified.
- Pysher’s mother described her son as a gentle, unarmed young man who never engaged in violence and expressed deep grief and disbelief over the officer’s decision to shoot.
- Family and friends remember Pysher as a loving son known for his daily texts to his mother and his plans for a promising future, emphasizing the tragic and senseless nature of his death.
