By Paul Gattis
Huntsville police released information Wednesday afternoon on how to provide help to the family of slain officer Garrett Crumby as well as injured officer Albert Morin.
Both were shot Tuesday at a west Huntsville apartment complex along Interstate 565 while responding to a call of shots fired. Crumby’s death was announced shortly after 10 p.m. Tuesday, while Morin remains in critical condition at Huntsville Hospital. A police statement said he is expected to survive.
Police said they have received a number of requests from the public and companies wanting to make donations. Private funds are being established through Redstone Federal Credit Union to help support the officers’ families.
“One of the things we always hear is, ‘What can we do?’” Police Chief Kirk Giles said at a Wednesday news conference. “Offering your prayers and condolences are what you can do. If you see an officer or an employee, tell them how much you appreciate what they do. Yesterday was an example of what we all knew could happen to any one of us and did happen to one of us.”
Police also said condolences can be sent to Crumby’s family and get-well cards can be sent to Morin in care of Huntsville Police Department, P.O. Box 2085 Huntsville, AL 35804.
Visitation for Crumby, 36, will be Sunday from 3-6 p.m. at Mayfair Church of Christ at 1095 Carl T. Jones Drive. The funeral will be at the church Monday at 10:30 a.m. Burial will be at Tuscaloosa Memorial Park. He joined Huntsville police in 2020 after working as a police officer in Tuscaloosa for nearly seven years.
Both Crumby and Morin, 34, worked out of the department’s west precinct. Morin has been a Huntsville police officer since 2017.
Crumby and Morin answered a call at an apartment complex on the 4600 block of Governors House Drive. A woman called 911 to report she had been shot. Police found her when they arrived at the scene and she was taken to a local hospital with injuries that were not considered life-threatening, Huntsville police Deputy Chief Michael Johnson said at a news conference Tuesday.
Juan Robert Laws, 24, has been charged with capital murder of a law enforcement officer in the death of Crumby. More charges are expected to be filed against Laws, Madison County Chief Deputy District Attorney Tim Gann told AL.com on Wednesday. Laws is being held without bond.
