A Texas police officer is accused of firing a gun into a hotel gazebo after a server told him to stop groping her.
Now the cop is facing criminal charges and possible disciplinary action.
Kenneth Lee Sheka, 28, was arrested Tuesday evening in El Paso, charged with deadly conduct and discharge of firearm, according to KWTX.com.
Sheka, a corporal with the Temple Police Department, was attending a convention of the Combined Law Enforcement Association of Texas (CLEAT).
Police said Sheka was at an event at the Chase Suite Hotel when he started talking with a female bartender. The woman told police Sheka made sexual comments toward her when she walked passed him, according to the El Paso Times.
According to an arrest affidavit obtained by KFOX TV, Sheka grabbed the bartender's breast.
After the bartender warned Sheka not to grope her again, he allegedly pulled out a pistol and fired a round into the wall of the gazebo.
He was quickly subdued and disarmed by other people in the area, according to KXXV.com.
Sgt. Ron Martin, president of the El Paso Municipal Police Officers Association -- and in charge of the conference -- told KFOX TV he wasn't sure if the pistol Sheka fired was his service weapon.
"They were here off duty on their own time attending a law enforcement conference. I don't know if it was assigned to him or a secondary weapon or whatever it was, but whatever he did and whatever he used was totally uncalled for,” Martin said.
Sheka was booked into the El Paso County Jail and released on Wednesday after posting $2,500 bail.
The El Paso Police Department is investigating the matter and will forward its findings to the El Paso County District Attorney’s Office for possible prosecution, according to the Temple Daily Telegram.
Meanwhile, Sheka could face disciplinary action from the Temple Police Department, according to public information officer Christopher M. Wilcox.
"We expect our officers to adhere to our code of conduct,” Wilcox told the paper. “We expect our officers to be professional and courteous, on or off duty, whether they’re in uniform or not.”
Wilcox said Sheka attended the CLEAT convention on his own time and at his own expense, and was not representing the Temple Police Department at the event.
