Montgomery County Officer Charged with Voluntary Manslaughter in Unarmed Upper Pottsgrove Shooting

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Source: 6abc Philadelphia
Montgomery County Officer Charged with Voluntary Manslaughter in Unarmed Upper Pottsgrove Shooting
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A 58-year-old Montgomery County police corporal, Sean Farrell, has been charged with voluntary manslaughter for the Aug. 23 fatal shooting of 22-year-old Glen Pysher IV in Upper Pottsgrove Township. Pysher was unarmed and had his hands up when Farrell fired after ordering him to drop to the ground; investigators say Farrell had non-lethal options and that the use of deadly force was not justified. Farrell surrendered to detectives and bail will be set at his arraignment.

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