He called 911 and police killed him: Jury deadlocked on murder charges for officer who shot Christian Glass
The former deputy who shot and killed Christian Glass after the 22-year-old called 911 for help after being stuck on a road has been found guilty of reckless endangerment — but the jury was hung on charges of murder and misconduct.
Christian’s mother, Sally Glass, subtly shook her head in the front row of the courtroom galley as a Colorado judge discharged the 12 jurors who found Andrew Buen, the man who fatally shot her son, guilty of reckless endangerment – but could not come to a decision on the second-degree murder and 1st-degree official misconduct charges against him.
She clasped hands with supporters behind her as she sat stoically next to her husband, Simon, as the court heard the verdict.
Clear Creek County District Attorney Heidi McCollum told reporters outside the court that her office was still deciding whether to retry Buen on the other charges. He is next due in court again on Monday for discussions about sentencing and procedure going forward.
Sally and Simon spoke after the DA, fighting back tears as their lawyer, Siddhartha Rathod, reiterated how “Christian will live on ... he will be remembered because other parents will not be in the position that Simon and Sally [were in]. Simon and Sally, through their
