FATHER SPEAKS OUT AFTER 22-YEAR-OLD COLLEGE BASEBALL PLAYER IS FATALLY SHOT BY POLICE

UPPER POTTSGROVE, Pa. — A Pennsylvania father is demanding answers after his 22-year-old son was fatally shot by police in the early hours of Sunday morning, saying the young man had mistakenly gone to the wrong house after drinking with friends.

Glennwood “Bubba” Pysher IV, who had just turned 22, was a college baseball player preparing to begin his senior season when the fatal encounter occurred.

His father, Glennwood Pysher Sr., told PEOPLE that his son had spent Saturday evening on a pub crawl with friends. Parents had been driving the group between locations, and later in the night, Pysher said, his son was walking between two nearby houses when he became confused in a wooded area and went to the wrong residence.

A WRONG TURN ENDED IN GUNFIRE

According to his father, Pysher IV was on a video call with friends around 12:32 a.m. Sunday and was showing them his location.

His friends reportedly realized he was at the wrong home and told him so. Pysher then shared his location with them so they could come and pick him up.

Just minutes later, however, police arrived at the residence following a 911 call reporting a possible attempted break-in.

The Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office said Upper Pottsgrove Township Police responded to a residence on Snyder Road shortly before 12:30 a.m. and found Pysher in the rear of the property.

“An encounter ensued and police fired at Pysher, fatally striking him,” the DA’s office said. The investigation remains ongoing.

HIS FATHER SAYS HE WAS UNARMED

Pysher Sr. said his son had been drinking but was unarmed.

According to the father, the 22-year-old had only his cellphone and a backpack containing overnight clothes and cans of beer.

The grieving father said he does not believe his son intended to harm anyone and is calling for accountability from the officer involved.

“I couldn’t process anything at that point,” Pysher Sr. told PEOPLE, describing the moment authorities informed him and his wife that their son had been shot.

A BASEBALL SEASON THAT NEVER STARTED

The tragedy came just as Pysher IV was preparing to return to college.

He was scheduled to move into St. Elizabeth College in New Jersey on the same day he was killed, where he was expected to begin his senior season as a catcher on the school’s baseball team.

He was also the eldest of four children.

His death has left his parents and three sisters mourning the loss of a young man whose future had been taking shape both on and off the baseball field.

INVESTIGATION REMAINS OPEN

Authorities have not announced a final determination about what happened during the encounter between Pysher and police.

The Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office continues to investigate the shooting, including the circumstances that led officers to the residence and what occurred after they encountered Pysher.

For his family, however, the central question remains painfully simple: How did a wrong turn on a Saturday night end with their son dead?

Pysher’s funeral is scheduled for Aug. 31, while a fundraiser has been established to help his family with funeral expenses.

A college baseball player was preparing for his senior season. Within minutes of being told he was at the wrong house, he was dead. Now his family is demanding answers as investigators work to determine exactly what happened in those final moments.