Huntsville city officials had spent $125,000 in public money to defend William Darby, saying he had been justified in using deadly force when he fatally shot Jeffrey Parker, 49, in 2018.
Fairhope might have a quaint downtown, but there are no skyscrapers or major turnpikes that would suggest Alabama’s fastest-growing city is the typical “metropolitan.” Muscle Shoals might be the largest city in Colbert County and has a famed music studio, but it’s far from being confused with Birmingham or Huntsville. But a recent classification of the two cities as a “metropolitan” under the .