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• Police identify man killed in Upper Pottsgrove officer-involved shooting (fox29.com) — A 22-year-old man was shot and killed by an Upper Pottsgrove Township police officer early Sunday outside a Snyder Road home after a 911 call about a possible break-in, and county detectives are now investigating. Family members say he was unarmed, had been out drinking, and mistakenly believed he was entering a friend's house, leaving relatives and neighbors demanding answers about how the encounter was handled.
• Family speaks after 22-year-old fatally shot by Pennsylvania police: 'He ended up at the wrong house' (abc7.com) — In Upper Pottsgrove, the parents of a 22-year-old man fatally shot by police say he was unarmed, carrying only a phone and backpack, and mistakenly knocked at the wrong house after a night out. Surveillance video reportedly captured the brief encounter, now under review by the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office as the family remembers their son's upbeat personality and baseball dreams.
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