| Date | June 10-11 2022 |
|---|---|
| Time | ≈ 12:30 am (MDT; UTC−6) |
| Location | Clear Creek County, Colorado, U.S. |
| Type | Homicide by shooting, police killing |
| Participants | Seven officers, from the Clear Creek County Sheriff Department, the Colorado State Patrol, Georgetown police force and Idaho Springs police force |
| Deaths | 1 (Christian Glass) |
| Accused | Deputy Andrew Buen, Deputy Kyle Gould |
| Charges | Second degree murder, official misconduct, reckless endangerment (Buen) Reckless endangerment, criminally negligent homicide (Gould) |
The killing of Christian Glass occurred on June 11, 2022, in Clear Creek County, Colorado, near the town of Silver Plume, at approximately 12:30 am. Glass, aged 22, was driving alone in a vehicle in the evening of June 10 when the vehicle went off the road. Unable to get it back on the road, he called 911 for help at approximately 11:20 pm, June 10.[1] When the police arrived, Glass may have had some form of mental distress, and refused to get out of the vehicle. When a police officer, with weapon drawn, asked him why not, he replied "Sir, I'm terrified."[2]
The police tried for over an hour to get Glass to leave the vehicle. Eventually, they broke the window of the vehicle, shot bean bags at Glass, and then tased him. Glass turned towards an officer while holding a small knife, then attempted to stab himself. Glass was then shot at least five times with a handgun by a Clear Creek County sheriff's deputy, Andrew Buen. Glass died at the scene.[1][3]
On May 23, 2023, Glass' family settled with several Colorado local governments for the sum of $19 million, the largest settlement for a police killing in Colorado history. In addition, the Clear Creek Sheriff's Department will be required to establish a crisis intervention team and train the entire force in crisis intervention by the end of 2024.[4][5]