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· collected 2026-08-26 · by Kelsie Cairns
A 22-year-old college baseball player named Glenwood "Bubba" Pysher IV was fatally shot by police in Pennsylvania on August 23 after trying to enter a house that belonged to someone he didn't know, mistaking it for a friend's home. The officer involved has been placed on administrative leave while the incident is investigated. According to Pysher's mother, Erin, her son was unarmed and had been bar-hopping with friends before mistakenly approaching the wrong house, where he was shot twice by police after being mistaken for an intruder. The DA's office confirmed that the fatal shooting is an active investigation.
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Glenwood "Bubba" Pysher IV, a 22-year-old college baseball player, was fatally shot by police in Pennsylvania on August 23. According to his mother, Erin Pysher, her son had accidentally tried to enter the wrong house after a night out and was unarmed when he was shot twice by an officer from the Upper Pottsgrove Township Police Department. The incident occurred at around midnight on Snyder Road, where police were responding to a 911 call about a possible break-in. Pysher's mother claims that her son was not armed and had no reason for the officer to shoot him.
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A college baseball player was fatally shot by police in Pennsylvania after he accidentally tried to enter the wrong home after a night out, his family said.
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The Office of Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele confirmed to Fox News Digital that Glenwood "Bubba" Pysher IV, 22, was killed on Sunday, Aug. 23
Investigators say a 911 call came in early Sunday, just after midnight.
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The Upper Pottsgrove Township Police Department responded to a call about a possible break-in at a home on Snyder Road.
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The DA's office confirmed police arrived on scene "to find a male in the rear of the residence," he said.
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They said police shot and killed him after an "encounter."
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Pysher was a college baseball player who had made stops at Francis Marion University, Northampton Community College and Holy Family University, and was preparing for his senior year at St. Elizabeth College in New Jersey, according to his obituary.
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His mother, Erin Pysher, told Fox News Digital her son was not armed when he was allegedly "shot twice" by an officer.
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I don't know what prompted the cop to think that the shooting was necessary," she said.
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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.
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"I dropped him off with his friends at a bar to celebrate his friend's 21st birthday," she said.
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After the bar, the men were headed to a friend's house to continue their evening.
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The friends eventually split up, Pysher said.
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She told Fox News Digital her son opted to walk to the house.
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"He took a wrong turn and ended up at the wrong house," she said.
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"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.
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"The homeowners, not knowing, called the cops saying it was an attempted burglary."
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He loved life, loved hanging out with his friends, and fishing.
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Baseball was his life; he played it in college and was getting ready to leave Sunday afternoon to start his senior year.
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He wanted to become a history teacher and coach baseball," she said.
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The police department confirmed the officer involved was placed on administrative leave following the incident.
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The DA's office told Fox News Digital, "The fatal shooting is an active investigation.
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When the investigation is complete, we will provide media with the findings."
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"He was a great kid; I couldn't ask for a better son.
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A little jokester—we had our inside jokes, and he loved teasing his three younger sisters.
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He was the best kid ever; I don't know how else to describe him," Erin Pysher said.
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