Police Officer Killed- Suspect Kills Self in Atchison KS

A police officer serving a nuisance order at a residence in Atchison Kansas Friday afternoon was shot and killed- then the shooter shot himself dead.

The ST. JOSEPH (MO) NEWS-PRESS reports that 24-year veteran Atchison police Sergeant David Enzbrenner was serving the legal paper to a house at 12th Street and Division shortly before 4 p.m. when 25-year-old Skyler Barbee "came out of nowhere" and shot Sgt. Enzbrenner.


The police officer was flown by medical helicopter to the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City KS where he was declared dead.

The alleged shooter- Mr. Barbee- died at the scene of the shooting.

Sgt. Enzbrenner leaves behind a wife and three daughters.

CSW offers our most sincere condolences to the family- friends and co-workers of Sgt. Enzbrenner- as well as to those of the alleged suspect Mr. Barbee.