COLLEGE BASEBALL PLAYER, 22, KILLED BY POLICE AFTER FATHER SAYS HE WENT TO THE WRONG HOUSE

UPPER POTTSGROVE TOWNSHIP, Pa. — A 22-year-old college baseball player was fatally shot by police in Pennsylvania early Sunday after his father said the young man had mistakenly gone to the wrong home while walking between houses after a night out with friends.

Glennwood “Bubba” Pysher IV, who had turned 22 earlier this month, was killed shortly after midnight in Upper Pottsgrove Township, according to the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office. The investigation remains ongoing.

FATHER SAYS HIS SON MADE A WRONG TURN

Pysher had spent Saturday evening with friends on a pub crawl in Upper Pottsgrove, according to his father, Glennwood Pysher Sr.

The group later planned to continue the night at two nearby homes. His father said Pysher was walking from one house to another when he became confused in a wooded area and accidentally went to the wrong residence.

At approximately 12:32 a.m. Sunday, Pysher was reportedly on a video call with friends and showing them his location.

His friends realized he was at the wrong house and told him so, his father said. Pysher then shared his location so they could come and get him.

Three minutes later, the situation had turned fatal.

POLICE RESPONDED TO A 911 CALL

According to the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office, Upper Pottsgrove Township police responded to a 911 call shortly before 12:30 a.m. reporting a possible attempted break-in at a residence on Snyder Road.

Officers found Pysher in the rear of the property.

“An encounter ensued and police fired at Pysher, fatally striking him,” the district attorney’s office said in a statement.

Authorities have not publicly provided additional details about the encounter, including what occurred immediately before officers fired.

The investigation remains active.

HIS FATHER SAYS HE WAS UNARMED

Pysher’s father told PEOPLE that his son had been drinking but was unarmed.

He said Pysher was carrying only his cellphone and a backpack containing overnight clothing and several cans of beer.

His father said he does not believe his son intended to harm anyone and is demanding answers about the circumstances surrounding the officer-involved shooting.

“I get angry, I cry, I just don’t know what to do,” Pysher Sr. told PEOPLE.

HE WAS DAYS AWAY FROM RETURNING TO COLLEGE

Pysher’s death came just as he was preparing to begin another chapter of his life.

He was scheduled to move into St. Elizabeth College in New Jersey on the same day he was killed and was preparing for his senior season as a catcher on the college baseball team.

He was the oldest of four children and had three younger sisters.

His family is now preparing for his funeral, which is scheduled for Aug. 31.

A fundraising campaign has also been established to help the family with funeral expenses.

INVESTIGATION CONTINUES

The circumstances surrounding the shooting have not yet been fully established publicly.

Authorities have confirmed that officers responded to a reported possible break-in, encountered Pysher behind the residence and fired at him.

His family, meanwhile, says he had simply become lost after going to the wrong house and was attempting to find his friends.

The investigation will ultimately have to determine what happened during those critical moments between the police response and the shooting.

For Pysher’s family, the unanswered questions come alongside the loss of a young man who was preparing to return to college, play another baseball season and begin his senior year.

A wrong turn on a dark night ended with the death of a 22-year-old college athlete. Now his family is waiting for investigators to explain exactly what happened in the minutes before the fatal encounter.