College Student Shot by Police After He Knocked on the Wrong Door Looking for Friend’s Party

A 22-year-old college student was shot and killed by police on Saturday, August 22, after allegedly knocking on the wrong door believing it to be his friend’s home.

Glenn Pysher, known to his friends and family as “Bubba,” according to CBS News, was celebrating a friend’s birthday at a local bar in Upper Pottsgrove, Pennsylvania. As it got late into the night, the group of friends decided to move the party to one of their houses and Glenn opted to walk there. According to his mother Erin Pysher, he’d had a few drinks and simply went to the wrong residence in the wooded area.

The homeowners called 911 to report an attempted break-in when Glenn made his way to the back door and began knocking.

“So he probably was knocking, ‘Hey, let me in, where are you at, what are you doing?’ And the homeowners thought he was trying to break into the house and called the cops,” his mother.

According to a press release from the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office, “The police arrived to find a male, Glenwood Pysher IV, in the rear of the residence. An encounter ensued and police fired at Pysher, fatally striking him.”

The release notes that the incident is being investigated, per protocol. However, his family is still seeking answers and has not heard anything from police or investigators.

“At 12:32, we have the call log, he was talking on the phone with his friends,” his mother told CBS News. “By 12:35, I believe, the cops had already shown up and shot him.”

“No Taser. No nothing. Automatic deadly force,” she added.

Glenn was an avid baseball player and was due to play at Saint Elizabeth University in Florham Park, New Jersey, this fall after recently transferring. His mother told CBS News that their week was supposed to look very different.

“I was going to take him to school and help him set up his dorm room. He was supposed to start classes on Monday,” Erin said. “It’s unreal. I don’t even know how to explain it. It’s a feeling of so much sadness in my heart. I can’t — it’s hard to breathe.”

“He was such a good kid,” his father, Glenwood Pysher, added. “The community here loved him, and nobody can believe this happened to this young man who wouldn’t hurt a fly.”