At about 11:20 at night on June 10, 2022, Christian Glass called 911 because his car was stuck on a dirt road in the mountains of Clear Creek County, Colorado. He was 22, an amateur geologist, and he was frightened. He stayed on the line for nearly 25 minutes. He told the dispatcher he had 2 knives, a hammer and a rubber mallet in the car, and that he would throw them out when officers arrived. He was still in the driver's seat 70 minutes later when a deputy sh*t him. Officers from 5 agencies came. They ordered him out of the car with their hands on their w*apons. He said he was terrified, and that staying inside was the only way he could be safe. He offered to throw the kn*ves out. Deputy Andrew Buen told him not to, and ordered him out again. Glass put his keys on the dashboard and kept his hands where they could be seen. He prayed. He made a heart shape with his fingers and blew kisses through the windshield. Then Buen smashed the driver's window. Officers fired 6 bean bag rounds and a stun g*n. Bodycam footage shows Glass turning a small kn*fe on himself before dropping it. Buen fired his handg*n 5 times. The coroner recorded 6 g*nshot wounds and ruled the d*ath a hom*cide. Glass never left the driver's seat. In May 2023 his family settled with the state, the county and 2 towns for $19 million, the largest settlement for a police k*lling in Colorado history. It required the sheriff's office to add crisis co-responders and de-escalation training. Buen was fired and charged with second-degree m*rder. His first jury convicted him of reckless endangerment and deadlocked on the rest. A second jury convicted him of criminally negligent hom*cide, and on April 14, 2025 a judge sentenced him to 3 years, the maximum for that charge. She called the case "about power." Sergeant Kyle Gould, who authorized breaking the window over the phone without being there, pleaded guilty to 2 misdemeanors and received 2 years of probation. Charges against 6 other officers were later dropped or dismissed