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Christian Glass’ death: Jury selection begins in retrial of former deputy

By Marissa Solomon 9NEWS 02/03/2025 | updated 6 months ago

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CLEAR CREEK COUNTY, Colo. — Jury selection began Monday for a former Clear Creek County Sheriff’s Office deputy charged in the death of 22-year-old Christian Glass.

Andrew Buen, the deputy who shot and killed Glass, was originally charged with second-degree murder, official misconduct and reckless endangerment. In his first trial in April of 2024, a jury found him guilty of reckless endangerment, a Class 2 misdemeanor, but could not reach a verdict on the two more serious charges. The maximum sentence for reckless endangerment is up to 120 days in jail, a fine of up to $750, or both.

Buen pleaded not guilty in November of 2023. Glass’ parents have said Buen is prolonging their grief by not accepting a plea deal offered last year.

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Glass called 911 for help after he got his car stuck on a boulder in Silver Plume in June 2022. He appeared to be experiencing a mental health crisis when several officers engaged with him for more than an hour. Buen then broke Glass’ car window, shot him with bean bag rounds and used a Taser on him before shooting him five times in the chest.

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For the first trial, 9NEWS’ partners The Denver Gazette reported 1,500 people were summoned to potentially sit on this jury. That meant one in six eligible Clear Creek residents received a summons in the mail, according to the Denver Gazette.

Jury selection could take several days. Answering questions from the attorneys could take time, and Judge Catherine Cheroutes made a point to bring up revising jury questionnaires and instructions when the retrial date was set.

Case history

In November 2022, a Clear Creek grand jury indicted Buen, alongside his supervisor, former Clear Creek County deputy Kyle Gould, who wasn’t at the scene that night. According to court documents, Gould was watching the encounter via a live-streamed body-worn camera. He then gave the order for Glass’ driver’s side window to be broken out.

The 5th Judicial District Attorney’s Office offered plea deals to both former Clear Creek County deputies in September. Gould pleaded guilty in November 2023 to duty to report use of force by peace officers — duty to intervene.

He was sentenced to two years unsupervised probation and ordered to pay a $1,000 fine. As part of the plea agreement, Gould withdrew his POST certification and cannot work as a police officer or security guard in Colorado ever again.

Later in November 2023, the DA’s office charged all six other officers who were on scene on the night of Glass’ death for failing to intervene. Charges against two of those officers were dropped in December 2024.

In May 2023, the Glass family was awarded $19 million in a settlement agreement with Clear Creek County, the Colorado State Patrol, the Georgetown Police Department and the Idaho Springs Police Department – all departments with officers on scene that night.

Among the many noneconomic terms of the settlement, Clear Creek County has implemented a crisis response team to respond to calls. It is the largest police misconduct settlement in Colorado history.

For more on this story, and others, visit The Denver Gazette’s news partners 9NEWS.

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