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William Benjamin Darby (born 3/31/1993) was a police officer for the city of Huntsville, Alabama and a convicted murderer.

Darby was responding to a 911 call from a suicidal man. When he arrived at the house, he killed the man within 11 seconds. The City of Huntsville's Mayor Tommy Battle and the Police Chief had stated that Darby did no wrong and was following policy. A Huntsville Review board stated that the use of deadly force was justified. The city used $125,000 in public money on his legal defense.

A jury convicted Darby of murder after 2 hours of deliberation. Darby was sentenced to 25 years in jail on August 20th, 2021. The body camera footage of the shooting was released on August 27th.

Aftermath
In August 2021, the City of Huntsville voted to enter into an agreement with Alabama Law Enforcement Agency in which the agency will investigate any police shootings from this point onward. Up until this point, all police shootings that occurred by Huntsville Police were investigated by Huntsville Police.

Categories

 * Category:Police officers convicted of murder
 * Category:American police officers convicted of murder
 * Category:21st-century American criminals
 * Category:2018 murders in the United States
 * Category:Living people
 * Category:People convicted of murder by Alabama
 * Category:American people convicted of murder

Pages that will link here

 * List of law enforcement officers convicted for an on-duty killing in the United States
 * Tommy Battle
 * William Darby (disambiguation)
 * List of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States, April 2018