Man charged with killing HPD officer looking to waive assistance from legal counsel

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) – Juan Laws, the man charged in the shooting death of Huntsville police officer Garrett Crumby, has filed a motion asking to waive assistance from legal counsel.

According to court documents, Laws signed his Waiver of Counsel on April 10, 2024.

On March 28, 2023, the Huntsville Police Department responded to a shots fired call at the Governors House Apartments. There they located a female victim.

The department said two responding officers, Crumby and Albert Morin, were shot by Laws and taken to Huntsville Hospital with life-threatening injuries. Crumby later died from his injuries.

The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) charged 24-year-old Laws with capital murder of a law enforcement officer. He was booked into the Madison County Jail just before 11 p.m. that night.

At the time of the shooting, Laws was facing charges from another incident where he was accused of shooting two people outside of Sammy T’s in January 2022.

Laws does not have a hearing date set at the time of this reporting.

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