Washington ( CNN ) -- Washington police were investigating on Sunday whether an off-duty officer drew his gun in the midst of a snowball fight involving a couple hundred people . The Metropolitan Police Department said video from a local media outlet at the scene Saturday did not show the officer with his weapon drawn . However , authorities have since received `` additional images and statements that would seem to support the allegation that the off-duty member did pull a gun , '' a police statement said . About 200 people from a D.C. neighborhood had gathered Saturday to brave a snowstorm for a massive snowball fight , CNN affiliate WJLA reported . `` It was pretty fun , '' one unidentified participant told WJLA . `` And then , you know , when the gun came out , uh , it just changed the tone of the thing a little bit . '' The off-duty , plainclothes officer was driving in the area of the snowball fight when several snowballs hit his vehicle , police said . The officer exited the vehicle and yelled at the crowd , WJLA reported ; witnesses accused that officer of drawing his gun . A uniformed police officer who subsequently arrived was holding a gun at his hip , but he eventually returned it to his holster , video from WJLA shows . MPD Assistant Chief Peter Newsham said the uniformed officer was responding to a 911 call that someone -- apparently the plainclothes officer -- had a gun , according to WJLA . The uniformed officer holstered his weapon when he recognized the plainclothes officer , Newsham said , according to WJLA . The police statement said `` there is no evidence that [ officers ] pointed any weapons in the direction of the crowd or at any individuals . ''
Plainclothes police officer accused of drawing gun at snowball fight in Washington , D.C. `` Images and statements ... would seem to support the allegation , '' police say . About 200 people were in snowball fight when officer 's vehicle was hit , police say . Police : The officers involved have been placed on administrative leave pending an investigation into what happened during the incident.