sheriff? yes. i mean, that s my intention, absolutely. the department s been going strong. the plea that i shall take on the charge doesn t inhibit me legally, constitutionally, from being sheriff. reporter: now, the sheriff could still be removed for, quote, official misconduct. and there s a very complicated process by which that could take place. and that involves an ethics commission investigation. ultimately, a vote by the board of supervisors. but that whole process has to be initiated by the mayor. now, i caught up with mayor lee a short while ago and he said he is thinking about whether to initiate that process before when it was domestic violence. he was thinking there was some movement there on his part. now he is thinking, maybe not. you listen to what he has to say. i have to be very careful about this. but, you know, amongst the earlier charges you can kind of separate in the past the issues of domestic violence as well as the functions of the office was ki
as no joke they traced song through the internet and then to campus. this was no easy feet, surveillance was set up, when mr. song s vehicle came back on to campus it was followed not only through our extensive camera network but plain closed officers as well. reporter: song lives here in fulton and howard county we were unsuccessful reaching his family one neighbor told us she is satisfied with the way the school handled the incident. song is currently under going a psychiatric evaluation his roommate told authorities he has been stressed police say he told officers the same thing one week ago after they responded to a disturbance at his dorm. there was nothing that led us to believe he was a threat to himself or others. sounds like an isolated incident already taken care of i think they took the proper measures i definitely didn t feel any less safe than i did walking through campus today. reporter: song was distraught when arrested he is charged with a misdemeano
middle school here. now that s in addition to his part-time job here at richard montgomery high school. he s on administrative leave, pending the outcome of the now school investigation. coming up at 6:00, where is that bill that would apply to the alleged conduct that took place here? we ll tell you about that. thank you, bruce johnson. u.s. leaders are offering con condolences for a shooting spree. including women and children. now they are anticipating a retaliatory strike from the taliban. danielle nottingham has at latest from the white house. reporter: tensions are on the rise in afghanistan and the white house is promising to take action. on the streets, afghan military forces are on guard. the taliban is vowing revenge for sunday s deadly attack. eyewitnesses say an american soldier went on a shooting spree in two villages. killing 16 people, including nine children and three women. villagers say the soldier burned the bodies. i cannot speak, this local man says
secretary of state hillary clinton offered her condolences to the victim s family. a full investigation is underway. a suspect is in custody and we will hold anyone found responsible fully accountability. reporter: the pentagon is not releasing the soldier s name, but cbs news has learned he is an army staff sergeant from for the law wis in washington state. president obama calls the shooting tragic and shocking. this is the third incident in several months that has stirred anti-american feelings. in february u.s. soldier accidentally burned copies of the koran. that sparked deadly riots. six american soldiers were killed in re-talliation. and a video surfaced in january purporting to show u.s. marines you urinating on afghan corpses. the strategy is to turn the country over to afghan forces in 2014. at the white house danielle nottingham, wjz eyewitness news. fort lewis found itself in the public eye recently when staff sergeant gibbs was accused of killing afghan civi