A man was shot and killed Sunday morning in Dekalb County after authorities said he pointed a firearm at police.

According to Sgt. Jake Angle with the Missouri State Highway Patrol around 10:18 a.m. the MSHP and the Dekalb County Sheriff’s Department responded to a domestic disturbance at US 36 and Thorton Road in DeKalb County.

“Officers made contact with a white male suspect armed with a weapon and ordered the suspect to drop the weapon,” Angle said. “The suspect pointed the weapon at officers at which time officers fired their weapons and fatally wounded the suspect.”

The identity of the suspect is not being released at this time.

Troopers from the Patrol’s Division of Drug and Crime Control and the Dekalb County Sheriff’s Department continue to investigate.