Alabama Officer Killed
31-year-old Benito Albarran has been charged with capital murder in the shooting death of Huntsville Police Officer Daniel Golden.
The Department's Major Crimes Unit questioned a number of witnesses and possible suspects. About 9:00pm, they charged Albarran. He was booked into the Madison County Jail without bond.
Police Chief Rex Reynolds has requested that all police officers drape their police badges with black in memory of Officer Golden.
Huntsville Mayor Loretta Spencer has requested that flags be flown at half-staff.
A Huntsville police officer died late this afternoon after responding to a call.
Twenty-seven year-old Daniel H. Golden, a three-year veteran of the department, was shot in the head after responding to a call at Jalisco Restaurant on Jordan Lane near Mastin Lake Road.
He died a short time after arriving at Huntsville Hospital.
Golden worked the West Precinct, on second shift.
Golden was the first Huntsville officer killed in the line of duty since 1968.
Investigators are questioning one or two individuals who may be suspects.
Golden is survived by his wife and step-children.