A Joplin man is being held without bond in the Joplin City Jail on charges of driving while intoxicated, aggravated fleeing, second-degree assault and property damage.
Phil Burkybile III allegedly tried to run over a Joplin Police Department officer. The officer shot Burkybile. Burkybile's injuries were not serious and he was treated at a Joplin hospital.
On 12/17/2025 {a Joplin Police Department officer}was on patrol in Joplin, Missouri. He observed a green passenger car traveling southbound from W 26th St and S Main St. He estimated the vehicle's speed to be 100mph. caught up to the vehicle at E 50th St and S Main St and initiated a car stop using his
lights and sirens.
The vehicle fled west on Glendale Rd at a high rate of speed that caused substantial risk to the public. The vehicle crashed into a ditch in the area of the 1900 block of Glendale Rd and spun around so that the front of the vehicle was facing {the JPD} vehicle.
{The officer} parked his vehicle in front of the crashed vehicle, {and} stepped out to take cover behind the a-pillar of his patrol car, and called the driver from his vehicle. The suspect vehicle accelerated forward as if to strike {the officer} which put him in apprehension of serious physical injury or death.
In response, {the officer} shot his duty weapon at the suspect vehicle. The suspect vehicle continued to 5002 S Main St, Joplin, Missouri, with {the officer} in pursuit. The vehicle briefly stopped in the parking lot of 5002 S Main before it attempted to leave the parking lot through a southeast entrance.
{The officer} was pulling into the parking lot and the suspect vehicle struck the front of his patrol car, unit 2759, causing over $750 in damage. The driver of the suspect vehicle tried to accelerate forward, further ramming {the officer's} vehicle.
{The officer} called the driver from the vehicle again and he was taken into custody. The driver was identified as Phil Dean Burkybile.
{The officer} conducted a DWI investigation on Burkybile at the hospital and found him to be driving while intoxicated.
According to a Joplin Police Department news release earlier today, the officer who shot Burkybile has been placed on administrative leave following department policy until an investigation by the Missouri State Highway Patrol is completed.
The Officer needs to go to the gun ranch and practice, so next time, when a criminal like, Phil Burkybile III, pulls this crap he ends the situation permanently saving the Taxpayers and Society any future issues.
ReplyDeleteTry finding a place where they allow people to drive a car at you while you shoot at them. The warmup to your target practice is a real 4AM police chase with the target and some of your fellow officers though the streets of Joplin at 100mph.
DeleteIt's always so easy for some sh** talking anonymous keyboard warrior to criticize the people who protect Joplin.
Wtf is a gun ranch?
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