CLEAR CREEK COUNTY, Colo. — The two former Clear Creek deputies involved in the 2022 shooting of Christian Glass appeared in court Thursday to discuss plea deals. One indicated they'd reached a tentative plea agreement with prosecutors and his sentencing will be next month. The other pleaded not guilty.
Kyle Gould is expected to enter a plea and be sentenced at a hearing on Nov. 16 at 1:30 p.m. The details of his agreement with prosecutors are unknown.
“It’s the first time that we’ve seen anyone take responsibility for the murder of Christian," Glass's father Simon said outside of the courthouse Thursday afternoon.
Sally Glass, Christian's mother, said she saw what looked like remorse on Gould's face from across the room.
“You can see in his face he’s sorrowful, and I think it shows accepting responsibility saying I’m sorry…this is what happened," she said.
Andrew Buen, the deputy who shot and killed Glass that night, pleaded not guilty and requested a trial.
A trial date was not set Thursday, but the judge set a mid-December hearing to discuss a potential change of venue motion from the defense. Prosecutors told the judge Thursday that a trial for Buen could last as long as a month.
"You hear that 'not guilty' and it’s like Jesus…are you kidding me," Sally Glass said in reaction to Buen's plea. “To do this to us and just prolong the agony is just more cruelty, which is just the measure of the man. Inhumane, cruel.”
The 5th Judicial District Attorney's Office offered the plea deals to both former Clear Creek deputies in September.
Christian Glass called 911 for help after he got his car stuck on a boulder in Silver Plume in June 2022. He appeared to be in the midst of a mental health crisis when several officers engaged with him for over an hour. Buen then broke his window, shot him with bean bag rounds, and used a Taser on him before shooting him five times in the chest.
“He called 911 for help. He committed no crime. He called his murderers. His murders came and they murdered him. This is the most appalling abuse you can imagine," Simon Glass said Thursday.
In November 2022, a Clear Creek grand jury indicted Buen, who shot and killed Glass, on charges of second-degree murder, official misconduct and reckless endangerment. Gould, who wasn’t at the scene that night, was indicted on criminally negligent homicide and reckless endangerment charges.
According to court documents, Gould gave the order for deputies to break into Glass’ car while watching the entire encounter with him on a live-streamed body camera.
The sheriff's office fired both deputies.
In May, 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 non-economic terms of the settlement, Clear Creek County has implemented a crisis response team to respond to calls.
“It’s an ongoing process of us just trying to steel ourselves… and get through this and hope that justice will come soon," Simon Glass said.
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