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Police officer charged after allegedly shooting college student who knocked on the wrong door

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A college student who accidentally knocked on the wrong door allegedly ended up being shot dead by a responding police officer. Tom Hanson reports.

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  1. NBC10 Philadelphia

    Officer who shot, killed NJ college student charged with manslaughter, DA says (opens NBC10 Philadelphia)

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    L to R: Upper Pottsgrove Police Corporal Sean Farrell, Glenwood Pysher IV

  2. FOX 29 Philadelphia

    Officer charged in deadly police shooting of 22-year-old Glenwood Pysher in Upper Pottsgrove (opens FOX 29 Philadelphia)

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    A Montgomery County police officer has been charged with involuntary manslaughter after fatally shooting 22-year-old Glenwood Pysher during a late-night encounter outside a home in Upper Pottsgrove last month.

  3. Philadelphia Inquirer

    Montgomery County cop charged with manslaughter for killing a college student who accidentally knocked on the door of the wrong house (opens Philadelphia Inquirer)

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    Upper Pottsgrove Police Officer Sean Farrell's actions were not justified, according to Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele.

  4. Philadelphia Inquirer

    Pennsylvania police officer charged with voluntary manslaughter after killing college student who went to wrong house (opens Philadelphia Inquirer)

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    Pennsylvania police officer charged with voluntary manslaughter after killing college student who went to wrong house

  5. WNYT Albany

    Pennsylvania police officer charged with voluntary manslaughter in killing of college student (opens WNYT Albany)

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    A Pennsylvania police officer who fatally shot a 22-year-old college student, who had ended up at the wrong house late at night and was waiting for friends to pick him up, has been charged with voluntary manslaughter.

  6. Triblive

    Pa. police officer charged with voluntary manslaughter in killing of college student (opens Triblive)

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    NORRISTOWN — A Pennsylvania police officer who fatally shot a 22-year-old college student, who had ended up at the wrong house late at night and was waiting for friends to pick him up, has been charged with voluntary manslaughter, a prosecutor said Tuesday.

  7. PhillyVoice

    Upper Pottsgrove police officer charged with manslaughter for killing college student who knocked on wrong door (opens PhillyVoice)

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    Upper Pottsgrove police Cpl. Sean Farrell, 58, has been charged with manslaughter for the Aug. 23 shooting of 22-year-old Glenwood Pysher, who was out drinking with friends that night and went to the wrong address.

  8. CBS News

    Pa. police officer charged​ after fatally shooting student at wrong home (opens CBS News)

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    Upper Pottsgrove Police Cpl. Sean Farrell was charged with voluntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of Glenwood Earl Pysher IV on Aug. 23, officials said.

  9. New York Post

    Officer charged with voluntary manslaughter in ‘preventable’ killing of NJ college athlete (opens New York Post)

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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.

  10. HuffPost

    Pennsylvania Officer Charged With Manslaughter In Student Killing (opens HuffPost)

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    Upper Pottsgrove Police Cpl. Sean Farrell, 58, who fatally shot a 22-year-old college student who was waiting for friends to pick him up, has been charged with voluntary manslaughter.

  11. CBS News

    Officer charged with manslaughter after fatally shooting student who knocked on the wrong door (opens CBS News)

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    A 22-year-old college baseball player was gunned down in Pennsylvania last week after knocking on the wrong door. On Tuesday, a 58-year-old police corporal was charged with manslaughter. Tom Hanson reports.

  12. MLive

    Police officer charged in shooting that killed college baseball player (opens MLive)

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    A police officer in Pennsylvania has been charged after 22-year-old college baseball player Glenn Pysher was shot and killed.

  13. NJ.com / Star-Ledger

    Pennsylvania police officer charged in death of N.J. college student who knocked on the wrong door (opens NJ.com / Star-Ledger)

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    NJ.com / Star-Ledger's feed description

    22-year-old Glenwood "Bubba" Pysher was 17 to 20 feet away from the officer when he was shot, investigators said.

  14. BNO News

    Pennsylvania officer charged after fatal shooting of college student Glen Pysher (opens BNO News)

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    A Pennsylvania police officer has been charged with voluntary manslaughter after fatally shooting an unarmed 22-year-old outside a home he mistakenly believed belonged to a friend, according to prosecutors. The victim was shot while standing with his hands raised.

  15. FOX 29 Philadelphia

    Police corporal charged with manslaughter in shooting of unarmed man in Upper Pottsgrove (opens FOX 29 Philadelphia)

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    Upper Pottsgrove Township Police Corporal Sean Farrell was arraigned and bail was set at $75,000, after being charged with voluntary manslaughter in the shooting death of 22-year-old Glenwood Pysher IV, according to Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele.

  16. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    Pennsylvania officer charged with voluntary manslaughter (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    NORRISTOWN, Pa. -- A Pennsylvania police officer was charged Tuesday with voluntary manslaughter in last week's fatal shooting of a college student who was looking for his friends late at night and went to the wrong house.

  17. CBS News

    Police officer charged after allegedly shooting college student who knocked on the wrong door (opens CBS News)

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    A college student who accidentally knocked on the wrong door allegedly ended up being shot dead by a responding police officer. Tom Hanson reports.

  18. The Guardian

    Pennsylvania officer charged in killing of college student who went to wrong house (opens The Guardian)

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    Police officer who fatally shot unarmed 22-year-old Glenwood Pysher IV faces voluntary manslaughter charge A Pennsylvania police officer was charged on Tuesday with voluntary manslaughter for last week’s fatal shooting of a college student who was looking for his friends late at night and went to th…

  19. NJ.com / Star-Ledger

    PA officer retires one day after being charged in fatal shooting of N.J. college student, lawyer says (opens NJ.com / Star-Ledger)

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    A lawyer for the family of shooting victim Glenwood Pysher, 22, of Pottstown, PA, said he was monitoring the criminal proceedings for a potential federal civil rights suit.

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