A Tulsa man is shot and killed by police in Neosho, Missouri. Neosho is about 20-miles south of Joplin.
Police there say the man had been pulled over for a traffic violation early this morning and appeared to be intoxicated. He got out of his car and pulled a pistol from the back of his waistband and point it at the officer. That is when the police officer pulled his weapon a fired. The man was dead at the scene.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol has taken over the case.