We start this morning with new video
giving us a different view of a
police shooting from the mountains.
This summer. 22 year old Christian
Glass was shot and killed by a clear
Creek County deputy 70 minutes after
officers responded to his call for help.
Now we do want to warn you that some of
the video is very difficult to watch.
9 news reporter Steve Steger
has been going through a lot of
video the last couple of days.
Steve, experts you talked to, they have
questions about why this all happened.
It is certainly a strange situation.
You're about to see portions of
Christian glasses last 70 minutes.
On this Earth, his car is stuck on a
road in silver plume, so he calls 911.
In a bit of a crisis.
Over the next 70 minutes,
police try to get the young man who says
that he is terrified out of his car.
We want to warn you,
you are going to see police
shoot him with beanbags.
Tase him.
But we will stop this video right
before he is shot and killed.
Hello 911. If you listen closely,
it won't take long.
I'm gonna vehicle.
My vehicle got stuck not long to realize.
22 year old Christian Glass
is in the midst of a crisis.
I'm stuck in a dangerous place
and I I will be killed both
physically and mentally. I'm
gonna have to kill some skinwalkers.
Can you stay on the phone with me there any?
Weapons that you're aware of.
I have a weapon on me.
I will throw them out the window
as soon as an officer gets here.
He sounded like he had some
sort of a mental illness.
We advised this party is stating that
he has weapons in the vehicle with him.
Two knives, a hammer and a rubber mallet.
Keep your windows down because
we're here to help you.
How about you step out of the vehicle?
And new psychologist, Dr Max Wachtel has
reviewed everything we're about to show you.
Going into that?
The police know he's delusional.
He's got a mental health issue.
You already said you
have weapons in the car.
No, do not throw them out.
Do not touch them.
Do not reach for them.
Step out of the car now.
I will break the window.
Step out of the car.
He's got a knife in his
seat right there, you see?
OK, step out of the parking car now.
161 at gunpoint.
That is not the way to handle it.
Whether whether it's drugs,
whether it is something organic
like a like schizophrenia or a
delusional disorder coming at
the person hard and aggressively,
that that is only going to
to make the situation worse.
Just the general technical approach is going
to raise a lot of questions. Of course.
Yashi is a sheriff's deputy and lead
trainer of use of force in California
industry best practices
and law enforcement.
We recommend that
officers just leave the.
Seen walk away from the,
you know, the scenario.
But these deputies
didn't. So he ditched the blade.
He did? Yeah, he threw it to the right.
In fact, more officers arrived
from different agencies.
Hey, Christian. Over the next
60 minutes, they tried to cool things down.
I see you're doing the heart
thing with your hands.
Look, we we love you, too.
We just want you to be safe.
Glass showed this Idaho Springs officer
a hard shaped rock he'd bought.
You don't have to be shy.
The Marshall of the Georgetown
Police Department offered to.
Call a family member.
You're not scaring me, man.
I'm just worried about you.
But after an hour with no movement,
officers here make a decision.
That's a lot. Let's open up the door.
It's time to move the night on.
OK, we got it. Move.
If he's not going to come out,
they are going to break in
a sexy look before you.
Breaking the window.
That's the beginning of the end.
Once they decided to force entry,
break the window. It was predictable.
Frightened by that window smash,
Christian grabs the knife.
Drop it, buddy, a clear Creek
deputy shoots beanbag rounds.
Impact, impact, impact.
Seconds later, they deploy
a Taser. Someone Taser.
The knife still in his hands.
Got it and still got it.
When the Georgetown Marshall reaches
through a newly blasted hole in
the window of the car,
Christian turns, swipes
at him, and this is where
we'll stop the video.
The Clear Creek
deputy who first responded to this
call fires five shots,
killing Christian glass.
One of the primary issues that's going
to be whether or not the officers
actually provoked this matter,
you know, by breaking the window.
Yashi says he sees no clear reason why
police had to break into Christians car.
I showed this video to
10 use of force experts.
They would all ask the same question,
why? Why did Christian glass?
Die 70 minutes after police
responded to his call for help.
Christian just steps step out of the car now.
The Clear Creek County DA is
still looking at this shooting.
They would not comment
on their investigation.
Neither would the Sheriff's Office.
They haven't responded to our
questions about the shooting
after watching this video.
Their initial press statement
about the shooting says that
glass quote immediately became
argumentative and uncooperative
and armed himself with a knife.
Steve, that video is so hard to watch.
Do we know if Christian had
any history of mental illness?
We asked the attorneys who wrote.
Family attorneys who released this video,
they say that his family
was not aware of anything.
We also asked were there drugs in his system?
We could not get the autopsy in
this case because it's still an
open investigation by the DA in
Clear Creek County looking at
the police use of force here.
So a lot of questions about what exactly
was going on with him at the time.
But use of force,
experts say whether it was drugs or
whether it was a mental health crisis,
that the national best practice is
sometimes just to walk away from this.
Situation like this,
instead of engaging someone,
especially if you don't have the
training to deal with someone
who's in a crisis like that,
right, because it didn't seem like
he was harming them in any way,
he was in a car with the windows up,
not threatening, really?
Yeah, it's it's very
difficult video to watch.
There are moments and flashes
of good moments and flashes of
deescalation by some of these officers,
but that decision to break the window
is really like Doctor Max said,
the beginning of the end
and you're talking with the family today.
The family is going to make
a statement at 11:00 o'clock.
This morning at their attorney's
office, we plan to be there.
We'll bring that to you later on today,
Steve. Thank you.