The Montgomery County Detective Bureau investigated the shooting and reviewed footage from Farrell\u2019s body-worn camera, the district attorney\u2019s office said in a news release.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe investigation found that Cpl. Farrell had less-than-lethal options on his utility belt that he did not employ, including a taser. At the time of the shooting, the officer was a safe distance from Pysher behind a car, and the victim had his hands in the air and did not possess any type of weapon. Mr. Pysher was not a threat. This is not a legal use of deadly force, leading to the charge of Voluntary Manslaughter,\u201d Steele said in a news release.<\/p>\n
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Pallbearers carry a casket containing the remains of Glenwood “Bubba” Pysher IV who was killed by police, in Pottstown, Pa., on Monday. Matt Rourke \/ AP<\/p>\n
An attorney for Pysher\u2019s family issued a statement thanking the prosecutor.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe family is grateful for the work of the Montgomery County District Attorney\u2019s office, and they are looking forward to justice in this horribly tragic, preventable and reckless conduct that took the life of their son,\u201d said attorney Ken Fulginiti.<\/p>\n
Farrell turned himself in to the Montgomery County Detectives on Tuesday. Magisterial District Judge Kathleen Rebar set bail at $75,000, and Farrell must turn in all weapons to the state police as a condition of his release, a spokesperson for the district attorney\u2019s office said. He has a preliminary hearing set for Sept. 10.<\/p>\n
Farrell was the first officer on the scene after a resident called 911 to report someone trying to break into the back door of a home. Farrell\u2019s body-worn camera showed the officer walking down the driveway with his gun drawn, using its light to illuminate the way, the release says.<\/p>\n
Standing behind a car in the driveway, Farrell saw Pysher on the home\u2019s patio, near the back door. Farrell yelled, \u201cPolice, let me see your hands.\u201d Then he yelled, \u201cHands up, hands up now, drop to the ground.\u201d<\/p>\n
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This image from body camera video released by the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office shows Glenwood Earl Pysher IV seconds before he was shot on Sunday, Aug. 23, 2026, in Norristown, Pa. Montgomery County District Attor via AP<\/p>\n
Pysher is seen on video raising his hands as he began walking toward the officer and continuing to walk in that direction as the officer yelled, \u201cDrop to the ground,\u201d the release said. Farrell again yelled, \u201cDrop to the ground,\u201d then yelled, \u201cStop or I\u2019ll…\u201d But before he finished the sentence, Farrell fired two shots, hitting Pysher twice in the chest, the district attorney\u2019s office said.<\/p>\n
Pysher was 17 to 20 feet from the officer when he was shot, the release says.<\/p>\n
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Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele said Upper Pottsgrove Police Cpl. Sean Farrell, 58, is charged in the Aug. 23 death of Glenwood Earl Pysher IV.Tassanee Vejpongsa \/ AP<\/p>\n
The investigation found that Pysher had been out at several bars earlier in the evening to celebrate a friend\u2019s 21st birthday. A designated driver drove the group to the home of the person whose birthday it was around 11 p.m., and Pysher left about half an hour later to walk half a mile to another friend\u2019s house to keep drinking but ended up at the wrong house, the release says.<\/p>\n
Pysher\u2019s father has said he believes, based on what his son\u2019s friends have told him, that his son tried to enter what he thought was his friend\u2019s house.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe tried to open the doorknob and obviously startled the homeowner,\u201d Glen Pysher told The Associated Press last week. \u201cFrom what we understand, he announced, \u2018Hey! Open the door!\u2019 because he thought he was at his friend\u2019s house.\u201d<\/p>\n
His son then sat down on the back porch and contacted his friends, who realized he was in the wrong place and set out to find him, the father said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NORRISTOWN, Pa. \u2014 A Pennsylvania police officer who fatally shot a 22-year-old college student, who had ended up…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":276785,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-276784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=276784"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276784\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/276785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=276784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=276784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}