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🌱 Patch AM: College Baseball Player ID'd As Man Shot By Police In Montgomery Co.: DA

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📰 News we're reading

• College Baseball Player ID'd As Man Shot By Police In Montgomery Co.: DA (patch.com) — Residents around Pottstown are mourning 23-year-old Glen "Bubba" Pysher, an Upper Pottsgrove High School graduate and college baseball catcher who was fatally shot by police in Upper Pottsgrove after a late-night misunderstanding at the wrong house. Montgomery County detectives are investigating the shooting, while a GoFundMe organized by friends and family has already raised thousands to support his loved ones.
   

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Pottsgrove

  • 1 Dead After Police Shooting In Montgomery Co., Investigation Underway: DA (patch.com)
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