Glenn ‘Bubba’ Pysher, N.J college student shot dead by Upper Pottsgrove police trying to enter wrong home as Pennsylvania police yet to release surveillance video capturing incident.
An unarmed New Jersey college student was fatally shot by cops after mistaking a stranger’s home as that of his friend’s as he attempted to enter an Upper Pottsgrove, Pennsylvania residence.
Glenn ‘Bubba’ Pysher, 22, was out celebrating a friend’s birthday at a local bar in Upper Pottsgrove, Pennsylvania, on Saturday night when the group headed to the friend’s house, his mother, Erin Pysher, told WPVI.
Pysher decided to walk to his pal’s house only to ‘end up at the wrong house after having a few drinks,’ she told the outlet.
Victim didn’t know he was knocking on wrong door
‘He ended up at the wrong house after having a few drinks. He didn’t know that, so he was knocking on the door saying, ‘Hey, let me in.’ Thinking it was his friend’s house, but it wasn’t,’ his mother said.
Just before 12:30 a.m., cops respond to a 911 call of a possible attempted break-in at the residence where Pysher was attempting to enter, according to the Montgomery District Attorney’s Office.
The couple inside the home had gotten startled and called police.
Cops found Pysher in the rear of the residence, where an ‘encounter ensued’ — leading officers to fatally shoot him.
N.J college student remembered
’12:32, he was on the phone with his friends. By 12:35, I believe he’s already shot. So, within a few minutes, the cop pulled up and shot him. He was unarmed. He had a cell phone and a book bag,’ his mom said.
Pysher was set to start classes at Saint Elizabeth University in New Jersey on Monday.
He had recently transferred to the school and was slated to play on their baseball team. When off the field, the college student was a ‘lovable goofball,’ the teen’s mother told WPVI.
‘He will walk in the back door and say his favorite thing, ‘Hey mom, your favorite kid is home.’ He was just happy-go-lucky. Didn’t have a care in the world, and I’m going to miss that,’ Erin Pysher said.
Why was college student shot by Upper Pottsgrove Police?
It is not yet clear why officers opened fire at Pysher. The deadly shooting was caught on surveillance cameras in the backyard of the property, and the footage is now part of an investigation.
Not immediately clear is whether police planned to publicly release the footage or whether Pysher’s family and or attorney had been privy to its contents.
The Montgomery County Detective’s Bureau is investigating the shooting, the district attorney’s office said.
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