KCTV 5Atchison still putting the pieces together after officer fatally shot

Police confirmed that one of their own was shot Friday afternoon.

Mandy Cawby, the finance director for Atchison City, said the sergeant was fatally shot and the gunman then immediately used the weapon to kill himself.

During a press conference held late Friday night Atchison County Sheriff John Calhoon identified the man police believe is responsible for killing Sgt. David Enzbrenner as Skyler Barbee, 25, of Atchison. Calhoon said Barbee was recently released from jail after serving time for assaulting a law enforcement officer. Police said Barbee came up behind the police sergeant and shot him. 

Enzbrenner joined the Atchison Police Department in 1987. He was assisting code enforcement officers who were looking into a call that involved scrap metals on private property near the intersection of 12th Street and Division Street when he was shot.  The owner of the property had no connection to Barbee, according to the Atchison County Sheriff. 

Barbee's family lived across the street from the home where Enzbrenner and the code officers had gone. His body remained in the street Friday night and his mother's wails punctuated the nighttime air.

"When are you going to let me pick my baby up?" the woman screamed.

Enzbrenner is survived by his wife and three daughters.  He was 46 years old.

The shooting occurred about 4 p.m.

The outpouring of support for Enzbrenner was present Saturday afternoon when members of the Atchison Police Department and their spouses escorted the sergeant's body from a private morgue in Kansas City, KS to an Atchison funeral home.

A candlelight vigil will be held Saturday at 7 p.m. in front of Atchison City Hall.

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To view a memorial page for David Enzbrenner, click here.

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