Members of Alabama’s law enforcement community are responding to the death of a Huntsville police officer. He was shot by a suspect during a drug investigation Friday evening.
City of Huntsville – Mayor Tommy Battle
Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles
Madison County Sheriff’s Office:
Prayers for the HPD family. MCSO is here for you.
Limestone County Sheriff’s Office:
Decatur Police:
Owens Cross Roads Police:
Morgan County Sheriff’s Office:
Gurley Police:
Scottsboro Police:
Lauderdale County Sheriff’s Office:
Florence Police Department:
Muscle Shoals Police Department:
Albertville Police Department:
DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office:
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall:
From U.S. Attorney Jay Town:
“All of Alabama is heartbroken again as another Alabama peace officer is gunned down in the line of duty. The Huntsville Police Department investigator, whose name will be released tomorrow, will always be remembered as a good man and a fine officer. Those of us who knew him admired his dedication and professionalism. We must now direct our prayers to his grieving family and pull together in full support of the Huntsville Police Department and law enforcement everywhere who lost another brother of the badge tonight. I am beyond grief.”
From the Huntsville Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 6:
The Huntsville Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 6 Executive Board and membership will have our fallen police officer brother and his family in our thoughts and prayers, as well as the entire Huntsville Police Department and Madison County law enforcement community. The FOP will stand ready for whatever the department, coworkers, family and friends ask of us in assistance.
This tragedy serves as a reminder of the dangers law enforcement face daily! The National FOP stresses enough is enough, the attacks on our law enforcement officers has to stop!
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