Attorney for man charged in death of HPD officer motions to withdraw
HUNTSVILLE, Ala (WHNT) — One of the lawyers for Juan Laws, the man charged in the shooting death of Huntsville Police officer Garrett Crumby, is asking to withdraw from the case.
In a motion filed Monday, Defense Attorney Bruce Gardner asked to be allowed to withdraw as second chair in the case. Gardner said the motion came after he received a second letter from Laws dismissing him as counsel.
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In a handwritten letter filed by Gardner with his motion, Laws said he wrote to Gardner to “inform you on my decision to withdraw for your [Gardner’s] counsel.”
The letter is dated August 16.
Laws is facing capital murder charges for the shooting death of Huntsville Police Department Officer Garrett Crumby on March 28, 2023.
Crumby, along with fellow officer Albert Morin, was shot when HPD 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 Morin, were shot by Laws and taken to Huntsville Hospital with life-threatening injuries. Crumby later died from his injuries. Morin was later released from the hospital after recovering 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.
In an order on Monday, Circuit Court Judge Alison Austin set a hearing to discuss the motion to withdraw on Sept. 3 at the Madison County Courthouse.
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