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22-Year-Old Identified After Upper Pottsgrove Police Shooting

Montgomery County investigators are reviewing backyard surveillance to determine why officers fired.

Overview

  • The encounter occurred early Sunday after a 12:29 a.m. 911 call about a possible attempted break-in at a Snyder Road home and ended when officers fired, fatally striking a man.
  • Family members identified the victim as 22-year-old Glenwood “Bubba” Pysher and say he was unarmed, had been bar-hopping, and mistakenly went to the wrong house.
  • Surveillance cameras in the property's backyard recorded the encounter and that footage is being used in the Montgomery County Detective Bureau’s investigation but has not been released to the public.
  • Authorities have not named the officer or officers involved and have not explained why shots were fired while the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office conducts the standard probe.
  • The family’s account and questions about whether de-escalation was attempted have heightened local concern and will shape public scrutiny as investigators decide on any administrative or criminal actions.