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Family speaks after man fatally shot by Upper Pottsgrove police: 'He ended up at the wrong house'
6abc Philadelphia • • nation
Key Points:
- Glenn Pysher, a 22-year-old man, was fatally shot by police late Saturday night in Upper Pottsgrove after mistakenly knocking on the wrong house while walking home from a birthday celebration.
- The couple inside the home, startled by Pysher's knocking, called 911, and within minutes, a police officer arrived and shot Pysher, who was unarmed and carrying only a cell phone and a book bag.
- Surveillance footage from the backyard of the property captured the incident and is currently being used in the ongoing investigation, though it has not been released to the public.
- Pysher's parents described him as a loving, happy-go-lucky young man preparing to play baseball at Saint Elizabeth University and expressed their grief over the loss.
- The Montgomery County District Attorney's Office is investigating the circumstances surrounding the officer's decision to open fire.
