Charges dropped against 3 more Colorado officers in Christian Glass death

Shelly Bradbury, The Denver Post on May 7, 2025

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DENVER — A Clear Creek County District Court judge on Tuesday dropped the charges against three additional law enforcement officers involved in the 2022 killing of Christian Glass at the request of prosecutors, court records show.

Idaho Springs police officer Brittany Morrow, former Georgetown police officer Timothy Collins and Colorado State Patrol trooper Ryan Bennie were each charged with a single count of failing to intervene in the excessive force of another officer in Glass’ death.

Prosecutors filed motions to dismiss the charges on Friday, and Judge Cynthia Jones granted the dismissals Tuesday, online court records show. The Clear Creek County District Court clerk’s office did not provide copies of the motions to The Denver Post before this story’s publication.

Fifth Judicial District Attorney Heidi McCollum did not immediately return a request for comment on the dismissals, and it was not immediately clear why her office sought to drop the charges.

Prosecutors initially charged all seven law enforcement officers who were at the scene when then-Clear Creek County sheriff’s deputy Andrew Buen shot and killed Glass on June 10, 2022, as well as a supervisor who was not present.

Buen was convicted of criminally negligent homicide and reckless endangerment in the killing and sentenced to three years in prison in April. The supervisor, former Clear Creek County sheriff’s Sgt. Kyle Gould, pleaded guilty to failing to intervene in 2023 and was sentenced to two years of probation.

The charges were subsequently dropped against five of the six other officers. Charges against two Colorado Division of Gaming officers were dismissed in 2024 because the state law that mandates law enforcement officers must intervene to prevent another officer from using excessive force doesn’t apply to gaming officers.

It appeared Wednesday that prosecutors have not sought a dismissal for former Georgetown Marshal Randy Williams, the sole remaining officer who continues to face charges in Glass’s death. He is charged with both failure to intervene in the excessive force of another officer and assault, both misdemeanors. His attorney did not return a request for comment Wednesday.

Buen shot Glass after the 22-year-old called 911 for help when his car got stuck on a rock in Clear Creek County. Glass, who had marijuana and amphetamine in his system, was experiencing a mental health crisis and told dispatchers he was afraid of “skinwalkers” and people chasing him.

Seven law enforcement officers responded to Glass’ 911 call and spent more than an hour trying to coax Glass out of the car while he was experiencing delusions and paranoia. Eventually, Buen decided to break Glass’ window and pull him from the vehicle.

When officers broke the window, Glass grabbed a knife and officers fired a Taser at him and shot him with beanbags in an attempt to force him to drop it. Instead, Glass twisted in the driver’s seat and thrust the knife toward an officer standing next to the shattered window behind him, prompting Buen to shoot Glass five times. Glass then stabbed himself several times.

A 2022 grand jury investigation that was separate from the criminal prosecution found Glass committed no crime, acted in panic and self-defense before he was killed, and never actually came close to stabbing the officers.

The involved law enforcement agencies agreed to a $19 million settlement with Glass’ parents in 2023.

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