Deputy was at house party when he fired his weapon, police say

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WEBVTT COUNTY JAIL FACING FIVE CHARGESOF ATTEMPTED MURDER.WEHAD A COUPLE OF FRIENDSOVER FOR A HOLIDAY PARTY.THE NEIGHBOR CAME OVER VERYNICE.DANA: BUT THIS IS HOW HE LEFT.HE LITERALLY PULLED IT UP ANDI REMEMBERED JOE TACKLE HIM ASHE WAS PULLING T TRICKLE --THE TRIGGER AND AGAIN WENTEVERYWHERE.DANA: WITNESSES SAY HELIVEDNEXT DOOR AND BROUGHT OVER BEER.SO THEY LET HIM INTO THE PARTYOF.>> HE WAS CREEPI AROUND THEHOUSE, BEING WEIRD, BEINGAGGRESSIVE.AS HE WAS LEAVING, HESAID I'MGOING TO COME BACK.I KNOW WERE YOU LIVE.I'VE BEEN WATCHING YOU.DANA: RETURNING THE SECOND TIMEWITH GUNS.I TOLD THEM TO STAY INSIDEBECAUSE HE WAS FIRING EVERYWHEREWHILE HE WAS GETTING TACKLED.>> WHEN HE WAS ON THE GROUND, HEWAS STILL PULLING THE TRIGGER.ONE OF OUR FRIENDS WAS BOLDENOUGH AND BRAVE ENOUGH TO JUMPIN A DIFFUSE THE ISSUE.DANA: RESIDENTS SAY, IFITWASN'T FOR THERE TO FRIENDS,SOMEONE MAY HAVE BEEN KILLED.

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A former Contra Costa County sheriff’s deputy was arrested Friday in connection with a shooting at a Sacramento house party, Sacramento police said. Kyle E. Rowland, 23, was booked into the Sacramento County Jail on five counts of attempted murder and is being held without bail, according to jail records. No one was hurt in the shooting. Rowland was a deputy with the Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office when the shooting happened, but was fired soon after his arrest, the office said. The shooting happened before 2 a.m. Friday in the 1100 block of G Street during a party that was attended by between 10 and 30 people, officials said. "We were having a couple of friends over for a holiday party," resident Joseph Lozoya said. "The neighbor came over, very cordial, very nice." No one at the party had ever seen Rowland before but he lived next door and brought over beer, so they let him in. "He started creeping around the house, being all weird, talking to girls in very strange ways, being a little bit aggressive," Lozoya said. So, Rowland was kicked out of the house twice. "As he was leaving, he was saying, 'I'm going to come back. I know where you live, I've been watching you,'" Lozoya said. Rowland soon returned with a gun, and people at the party tried to taken it from him. Ran Alberto witnessed the shooting. "That's when I told my girlfriend to stay inside because he was just firing everywhere while he was getting tackled," Alberto said. "I remember when he was already on the ground, he was still pulling the trigger." Eventually, Rowland was restrained until police arrived and arrested him, McPhail said. Two firearms were also recovered from the scene, police said. Contra Costa Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Jimmy Lee said in a statement Sunday that Rowland joined the sheriff's office in October and was on probationary status. "He was on probationary status and his employment has been terminated," Lee said. The sheriff's office knew about the arrest Friday morning, Lee said. "We take this matter seriously," he added. McPhail said Rowland lives in Sacramento and was employed with the sheriff's office at the time of the shooting. The Sacramento Police Department and the Contra Costa Sheriff’s Office are working together on the case. They are trying to determine if any of the weapons are department-issued. Witnesses said Rowland was drinking. Investigators are waiting on blood test results to see if he had drugs in his system. Rowland is an award-winning harmonica player and is considered well-known in Northern California. No other details were available.