Go back and read the article Wildman. The cops were there looking for somebody else when this guy got out of his car with a firearm and then got back into his car. That got their attention. They repeatedly told him to" drop the weapon". That sounds like a gun in his hand. Say open carry as much as you want, but a gun in a holster is worlds away from one in your hand.  Dude was shot because he had a gun in his hand.