Two Hemet residents in their 70s fought back against a home-invasion robber, shooting him several times after he broke in and assaulted the couple, Hemet police said.

Dechawn Wallace, 27, of Moreno Valley, was arrested on suspicion of a parole violation, home-invasion robbery, burglary, elder abuse and assault.

Police received a 911 call from the home in the 1700 block of South State Street just after midnight Tuesday, Feb. 13. The resident said a man broke into the home and assaulted them. The residents, a husband and wife, armed themselves and shot the man, who then fled, a news release said.

About 1:20 a.m., Wallace showed up at Riverside University Health System Medical Center in Moreno Valley, where he was treated for several gunshot wounds that were not considered life-threatening. Hemet police showed up, too, after they were alerted, and arrested him.

One of the victims was also hospitalized but was released that day.

Wallace is on parole for a burglary conviction. He has “an extensive criminal history for violent crimes,” the release said. Wallace was arrested twice in San Diego County in 2009, but the Superior Court website does not list the charges.

“This is a case of good people being victimized by a subject who the State of California failed to keep locked up,” Hemet Police Chief Rob Webb said in the release. “It is totally unacceptable that decisions made at the state level continue to have a detrimental effect on our local communities.”