APD sergeant’s body escorted home as department copes with sudden loss

AUSTIN (KXAN) — On motorcycles and in patrol cars, Austin police officers escorted Sgt. Gary Christenberry’s body back to the city Saturday afternoon, a day after the 24-year department veteran died at a San Antonio burn unit.
Christenberry was severely burned earlier this month at his Buda home when a burn pile he was tending got out of control. After two weeks of improvements, Christenberry’s lungs failed and an infection set in; he died Friday surrounded by family.
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