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Alabama police officer killed, another wounded

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Officials in Alabama say a Huntsville police officer has died after being shot Tuesday evening. Another officer was critically wounded. The two Huntsville police officers were shot at an apartment complex as they responding to a 911 call where a woman said she had been shot. One officer died from his injuries, and the other underwent emergency surgery and is in critical condition, city officials said in a news release. Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall identified the officer who was killed as Officer Garrett Crumby.   Jail records show that Juan Robert Laws, 24, was arrested  on a charge of capital murder of a law enforcement officer. He is being held without bond.

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