HUNTSVILLE, Alabama — State Attorney General Steve Marshall stopped in the Rocket City to pay his respects to fallen Huntsville police officer Garrett Crumby. Officer Crumby was killed in the line of duty back in March while responding to a call at an apartment on Governors House Drive.
"It has been important to me as Attorney General that we honor specifically the memory of those heroes that we've lost," Marshall said at Friday's service. "The honor today is to remind the community of a hero who was willing to serve them. But also, it is a reminder of what law enforcement does daily to be able to keep us safe.
"March 28th of this year was a sad day," he continued. "Not only did we see remarkable heroism with one of our heroes, but also men that were willing to respond to be able to help a victim in a time of need. For Garrett, it ultimately caused him to lose his life."
Crumby joined HPD in 2020 following seven years with the Tuscaloosa Police Department. He worked with the HPD bike unit.
"There's two ways that we want to be able to honor him," Marshall said. "One, with a statue that we just simply call 'Praying Hands,' and ... a proclamation honoring Officer Crumby and his life."
Albert Morin, a fellow officer responding to a domestic violence call at the apartment the day of the shooting, was seriously wounded, and was hospitalized for several weeks, before returning to work for HPD in July.
Juan Robert Laws, the man accused of shooting Morin and Crumby, was arrested after the shooting. He remains in the Madison County Jail without bond. His case was bound over to a grand jury in May. If convicted, the state intends to seek the death penalty.