Glenwood \u201cBubba\u201d Pysher, 22, pictured in this undated photo, was fatally shot by a police officer in Upper Pottsgrove, Pennsylvania, Aug. 23, 2026. (Courtesy the Pysher family)<\/p>\n
(NEW YORK) \u2014 A Pennsylvania police officer has been charged with voluntary manslaughter stemming from the\u00a0fatal shooting this month\u00a0of a college student whose parents said he was mistaken for a burglar after knocking on the door of a residence he wrongly thought was a friend\u2019s house, authorities said.<\/p>\n
Cpl. Sean Farrell, a veteran member of the Upper Pottsgrove Township Police Department, was charged in the Aug. 23 death of Glenwood \u201cBubba\u201d Pysher, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele announced at a news conference Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Steele said he is \u201cobligated under the law\u201d to charge Farrell, who allegedly shot Pysher twice after responding to a 911 call from a homeowner reporting a break-in in progress.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt the time these two fatal shots were fired, Mr. Pysher had his hands up,\u201d Steele said, citing footage from Farrell\u2019s body-worn camera. \u201cHe had no weapon. He did not charge the officer or act aggressively in any way. He was not a threat to the homeowners who were inside their residence.\u201d<\/p>\n
Steele further said that the body-worn camera video, which he did not play but from which he released a still image, showed Farrell claim to a colleague after the shooting that Pysher \u201ccharged\u201d him while \u201cscreaming and yelling.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe body-worn camera video does not depict Pysher charging and does not depict yelling or screaming prior to the shooting,\u201d Steele said.<\/p>\n
Pysher\u2019s parents told ABC News last week that before the shooting, their son had been out bar-hopping with a group celebrating a friend\u2019s 21st birthday.<\/p>\n
Pysher\u2019s mother, Erin Pysher, said that when the group decided to move the celebration to a friend\u2019s house, her son walked to what he wrongly thought was the correct address.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was walking down the road to what he thought was his friend\u2019s house. And after some drinks, he ended up walking in the dark at night. I guess he got mixed up, and he made a wrong turn and went to the wrong house,\u201d Erin Pysher said in a phone interview with ABC News.<\/p>\n
Pysher said her son was a student at Saint Elizabeth University in Morris Township, New Jersey, and was expected to begin the new school year last week.<\/p>\n
Steele said on Tuesday that while Pysher was apparently inebriated, he was complying with Farrell\u2019s orders to put his hands up when he was shot.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was not trying to escape and he did not commit a forcible felony. This is not a legal use of lethal force under Pennsylvania law,\u201d Steele said.<\/p>\n
Farrell is being arraigned on the voluntary manslaughter charge Tuesday, according to Steele.<\/p>\n
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