UPPER POTTSGROVE, PA — A college baseball player has been identified as the victim of a police shooting in Montgomery County last week.
Family and friends confirmed that 23-year-old Glen "Bubba" Pysher was shot and killed late Saturday night.
Pysher, a 2023 graduate of Upper Pottsgrove High School, was set to start at New Jersey's Saint Elizabeth University this month. A star catcher, he previously played college ball at Francis Marion University in South Carolina and at Northampton Community College.
"Bubba was only 23 years old, a promising young man, athlete, and scholar who loved his family dearly," Anthony Napoli wrote in a GoFundMe launched for his family. "Everyone who knew him will remember his love for baseball and the joy he found in catching balls, something that brought so much pride to his father, mother, three sisters, and the entire Pysher family. Bubba meant so much to so many, and his loss has deeply shaken all who loved him."
Erin Pysher, Bubba's mother, told 6ABC that Pysher had been at a local bar celebrating a friend's birthday Saturday night.
They later decided to move the party to a nearby house, the report states. Pysher went to the house where he thought the party was at, but he got the wrong door, and his knocking caused residents to call police.
At around 12:29 a.m., police were called to Snyder Road over reports of an attempted break-in.
It's not clear exactly what happened next, nor what sparked officers to draw weapons. The district attorney's office said police saw a man behind a home.
"An encounter ensued and police fired at the male subject, fatally striking the subject," the DA said.
The Montgomery County Detectives Bureau is leading the investigation into the incident.
More than $16,000 had been raised to support the family as of early Tuesday. Nearly 300 people have donated.
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