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Family of Christian Glass to receive $19 million in settlement over son’s 2021 police shooting death

Glass, 22, was killed by a Clear Creek County sheriff’s deputy after calling 911 for help

A person holds a picture of Christian Glass during a candlelight vigil at Citizen's Park in Idaho Springs, Colorado, on Tuesday, September 20, 2022. A Clear Creek County deputy shot and killed 22-year-old Christian Glass on June 11, 2022, after Glass called 911 for help after crashing his car into a berm. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
A person holds a picture of Christian Glass during a candlelight vigil at Citizen’s Park in Idaho Springs, Colorado, on Tuesday, September 20, 2022. A Clear Creek County deputy shot and killed 22-year-old Christian Glass on June 11, 2022, after Glass called 911 for help after crashing his car into a berm. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
Noelle Phillips of The Denver Post.
By | nphillips@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
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The settlement for Christian Glass's death is the largest involving police misconduct in Colorado history, surpassing the amount paid in 2021 to the family of Elijah McClain, who died at the hands of Aurora police officers and paramedics during a violent 2019 arrest.

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