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A 21-year-old Sacramento man was jailed Wednesday and now faces a charge of felony assault with a deadly weapon following an overnight bonfire party that ended in a shooting and several car crashes on a rural road in Sloughhouse, officials said.Watch report -- Sheriff: Sloughhouse bonfire party results in felony arrestAbout 3 a.m., Julian Ikaika Sebalabarraza was involved in an argument that escalated to a shooting, deputies with the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department said. Sebalabarraza is accused of shooting one man in the arm and pistol-whipping someone else, officials said.He also was booked on an outstanding felony warrant. Detectives haven't authorized the release of Sebalabarraza's booking photo.The bonfire-turned-shooting took place on Meiss Road, just east of Dillard Road."... We heard gunshots and I hopped in this back seat," said Shannon Proctor, a witness. "And then our friend tried to hop in here and then the door got slammed and we were still parked, trying to fix our slashed tire when we got crashed into."Panicked party-goers crashed into each other in an effort to escape."A bunch of cars started driving past us," said Micaela Pauls, another witness. "We heard gunshots and my friend tried to jump in through the back seat." The mass exodus caused cars to plow into Leland Schneider's property, knocking down fence posts and putting his cattle at risk."There's two stretches that were tore up about 300 yards each and probably 15 posts," Schneider said.It took Schneider more than four hours to repair the destruction to his fence. Eight people were hospitalized from car crash-related injuries.The early-morning incident wasn't the first time officials have been called to the rural area, near Rancho Murieta, because of wild bonfire parties."We have been out there in the past I would say no less than 20 times in the past six months -- just in that general area," said Sgt. Lisa Bowman, a spokeswoman for the Sheriff's Department.As for this particular case, Bowman said, "Basically, what we know is 10 to 20 people were out there on private property without permission. They had a bonfire. They has been out there for several hours."The people range in age from 17 to 24, officials said.At least eight party-goers required medical attention, but everyone is expected to survive. All injuries were minor. People were treated at the UC Davis Medical Center and Kaiser Permanente South.The gun in question has been recovered.Schneider has been victimized by partygoers before, but never like this."We lose stretches of our fence and our neighbors' quite often -- two to three times a year," Schneider said. "But not this bad."Asked what he would say to partygoers who plague his property, Schneider said, "Control your parties. Have a nice time together. Don't bring guns. Don't bring too much booze. Stay off the drugs. Just have a good time but show your neighbors respect."Meiss Road in Sloughhouse is well known to law enforcement. It's the same stretch of road where Sacramento County sheriff's Deputy Jeff Mitchell was gunned down in the middle of the night eight years ago.Mitchell's memorial stands just a mile from where Schneider's fence was run over.Mitchell's killer or killers, are still at large.Anyone with information is asked to call 916-874-5115.