police chief kathy linear and jackie joins us outside police headquarters with the latest. jackie? >> reporter: that's right, doreen. a short time ago d.c. police chief kathy linear, spoke about what has become a national news story and an embarrassing matter for her department. >> is it possible the officer was making a joke? is it possible that they were joking around? first and foremost, there's absolutely no place for jokes of a nature that could be perceived as threatening to the president, the first lady or anybody else. that's not funny and police officers get that. this is not something that you joke about. >> the officer in question, a 17-year veteran has, in the past, been assigned to the first lady's motorcade. he's alleged to have said during a roll call wednesday at special operations divisions headquarters in northwest, how he would, quote, take-out price obama and showed a photo on his phone of the gun he would use. the alleged threat was heard by an officer who reported it to a lieutenant who immediately notified superiors. the incident is under investigation by bot

chief kathy linear spoke about it in front of cameras for the first time. >> there's absolutely no place for jokes of a nature that could be perceived as threatening to the president, the first lady or anybody else. that's not funny and police officers get that. this is not something that you joke about. and when i talked earlier about this process, if it's determined that the statement was made and is not criminal threat in nature, it's still possible that in the administrative investigation that the statement was extremely unprofessional and conduct unbecoming of a police officer. >> reporter: we are told the officer in question is a 17-year veteran of the agency. he has not been identified. reporting live at d.c. police headquarters, jackie benson, news 4. >>> tonight d.c.'s attorney general is defending vincent gray, but nathan who had no role in the campaign for mayor says the campaign scandal is affecting city government. tom sherwood joins us with more on that. >> the attorney general says the mayor is staying focused on his job. this week jeannie harris admitted in court her part