A college baseball player was shot and killed by police in Pennsylvania after his family says he mistakenly tried to enter the wrong home following a night out.
The Office of Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele confirmed to News Outlet that Glenwood “Bubba” Pysher IV, 22, died on Sunday, Aug. 23.
According to investigators, a 911 call was placed shortly after midnight early Sunday. Officers with the Upper Pottsgrove Township Police Department were dispatched to a Snyder Road residence for a report of a possible break-in.
Pysher was allegedly returning from a bar after spending the night out with friends before he was shot and killed. (Erin Pysher)
The district attorney’s office said responding officers arrived and found “a male in the rear of the residence.”
Authorities said police shot and killed him after what they described as an “encounter.”
Pysher, a college baseball player, had played at Francis Marion University, Northampton Community College and Holy Family University, and was preparing to begin his senior year at St. Elizabeth College in New Jersey, according to his obituary.
His mother, Erin Pysher, told News Outlet that her son was unarmed when an officer allegedly “shot twice.”
“He’s never been in trouble—he was a good kid. I don’t know what prompted the cop to think that the shooting was necessary,” she said.
Before he was fatally shot, he was “bar-hopping with friends” and walked up to a home on the street he had mistaken for a friend’s and tried to get in, his mother said.
Glenwood “Bubba” Pysher, center, is pictured with his parents, Glen and Erin, at Pottsgrove High School in 2022. (Pottsgrove School District)
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“I dropped him off with his friends at a bar to celebrate his friend’s 21st birthday,” she said. After the bar, the men were headed to a friend’s house to continue their evening.
The friends eventually split up, Pysher said. She told News Outlet her son opted to walk to the house.
“He took a wrong turn and ended up at the wrong house,” she said.
“After a few drinks, he didn’t realize it—he was at their back door knocking, thinking it was his friend’s house, saying, ‘Hey, let me in,'” Erin Pysher said. “The homeowners, not knowing, called the cops saying it was an attempted burglary.”
“He was the biggest sweetheart—carefree and loving. He loved life, loved hanging out with his friends, and fishing. Baseball was his life; he played it in college and was getting ready to leave Sunday afternoon to start his senior year. He wanted to become a history teacher and coach baseball,” she said.
The Upper Pottsgrove Police Department in Pennsylvania. (Google Maps)
The police department confirmed the officer involved was placed on administrative leave following the incident.
The DA’s office told News Outlet, “The fatal shooting is an active investigation. When the investigation is complete, we will provide media with the findings.”
“He was a great kid; I couldn’t ask for a better son. A little jokester—we had our inside jokes, and he loved teasing his three younger sisters. There’s a huge hole in our life without him. He was the best kid ever; I don’t know how else to describe him,” Erin Pysher said.
