Thursday 6 October 2022 04:49 PM Death of New Zealand man shot by cops will be probed by Colorado investigators trends now
A major investigation team has launched a probe into the shooting of a New Zealand man who was killed by cops after he called them.
The Colorado Bureau of Investigation is taking over the inquiry into the death of Christian Glass, 22, after he was shot dead in Clear Creek County in June.
Sheriff Rick Albers said he would establish a crisis response team for the county in addition to co-operating with the new CBI investigation.
Glass was driving alone on a rural road when his car became stuck 'on a small pile of rocks' and called 911 for help.
After an hour-long stand-off in which Glass brandished a knife and made heart-shaped signals with his hands, he was tasered and shot five times.
His devastated family previously blasted the force and called for the officers involved to face criminal charges.
Christian Glass, 22, was driving alone on a rural road in June when his car became stuck 'on a small pile of rocks' and called 911 for help
Glass, 22, was shot by officers after a one-hour stand off in which he refused to get out of his car and brandished a knife
The CBI is a division within the Colorado Department of Public Safety that performs criminal investigations 'independently' of smaller local law enforcement agencies.
Sheriff Rick Albers said: 'It is our intention to maintain the integrity and transparency of the investigation and by doing that we must be impartial.
'With that, our obligation is and was to turn the investigation to an independent outside agency, the CBI.'
Clear Creek County District Attorney Heidi McCollum is expected to send the case to a grand jury to establish whether criminal charges should be filed against Sherrif's deputy Andrew Buen who fired the fatal shots.
His parents, Sally and Simon Glass (left) labelled their son's death 'murder' and have been calling for an investigation into police misconduct
In June Glass called 911 in distress and told an operator that he was scared and needed help getting out of his car after getting it stuck while driving on a rural road.
He told the operator that he could throw some geology tools out of the cars window, including knives and a rubber mallet but
