Cop Admits to Pulling Gun on Snowballers

Cop says on video he pulled a gun because he was hit with a snowball

By TERESA MASTERSON
Updated 11:26 PM EST, Sat, Dec 19, 2009

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A plainclothes police detective allegedly pulled his gun out and waved it at a large group of people in a snowball fight at the corner of 14th and U Saturday afternoon.

The incident began when a plain-clothes detective approached the crowd of people throwing snowballs and got into a verbal altercation with members of the crowd, according to police.

A uniformed officer responded to the scene after getting calls about a man with a gun. The uniformed officer pulled out his weapon as he approached the plain-clothes detective. As soon as the detective identified himself the uniformed officer put his gun back in the holster, police said.

In a video posted to YouTube, the police officer identifies himself as “Detective Baylorâ€