Wednesday 14 September 2022 03:17 PM Distressed motorist shot dead by cops had alcohol, cannabis and amphetamines in ... trends now
A distressed motorist who was shot dead by cops after calling 911 for help had alcohol, cannabis and amphetamines in his system at the time of the fatal incident.
Christian Glass, 22, had even tried to make heart-shaped signals for help when he was tasered and shot by officers five times.
Clear Creek County Sheriff’s office said that he was shot on June 11 in Denver, Colorado, after becoming ‘argumentative and uncooperative’ with officers.
According to his parents, Sally and Simon Glass, Deputy Andrew Buen was the one who fired the fatal shots, with the name coming from prosecutors.
Sally, from Kent and Simon, from New Zealand, have both demanded that the sheriff take the incident seriously, branding their son’s death as ‘murder’.
Officers became engaged with Glass after he called for help after crashing his car on a rural road, sparkign a one hour stand off between the driver and cops.
An autopsy report released on Tuesday show he was struck five time by bullets and had superficial knife wounds where he stabbed himself.
He also had trace amounts of alcohol, cannabis and amphetamine in his system, with his parents explaining that his ADHA medication, Ritalin, can also show up as an amphetamine.
Lawyers for the Glass family, Qusair Mohamedbhai and Siddhartha Rathod, said that Buen was back on the street working within a couple of weeks of the incident.
Christian Glass, 22, had tried to make heart-shaped signals for help when he was tasered and shot by officers five times in Denver, Colorado
According to his parents, Sally and Simon Glass (left), Deputy Andrew Buen was the one who fired the fatal shots. They are calling their son's death 'murder'
Simon and Sally Glass are demanding accountability for their son's death saying that the officers who shot him should be sacked
Clear Creek County Sheriff's deputies shot and killed Christian Glass, 22, (pictured) after a one-hour stand off where he refused to get out of his car while holding a knife
His father said that he had ‘trusted’ that the police would come and help him, adding: ‘Instead they attacked and killed him. The killer struck Christian five times to make sure’.
Fifth Judicial District Attorney Heidi McCollum said in a statement Tuesday that her office continues to investigate the shooting.
She will decide whether the officers involved should face criminal charges, or she can convene a grand jury to make that decision.
McCollum said: ‘While we understand that public sentiment may desire this process to move at a more rapid pace, it is not in the interests of justice and fairness to the family of the victim for this matter to be rushed to a conclusion.’
Her office has been in contact with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Colorado, the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and the FBI Denver Division regarding this case.
Glass said he was scared to get out of his car as police surrounded him, with one officer standing on the hood of his car (pictured) as others tried to get him to exit the vehicle
Once Glass grabbed a knife, the officers fired bean bag rounds and tased
