An off-duty sheriff’s deputy leaving the Galleria at Tyler in Riverside on Saturday with his family shot and wounded a gun-wielding man who tried to rob them, police said Sunday.

Multiple people called 911 after hearing gunfire that erupted in the mall’s parking lot at 9:45 p.m., officials from the Riverside Police Department said.

In a written statement, police said that’s around when the suspect — later identified as 25-year-old Moreno Valley resident Victor Hugo Ochoa — approached the deputy and his family members.

Police said the suspect “produced a firearm, then demanded (the family’s) belongings.”

“This attempted armed robbery resulted in a deputy-involved shooting,” police said in the statement.

The deputy fired his weapon at least once at the suspect. It’s not clear whether the deputy was armed with his department-issued firearm or another gun at the time of the shooting.

It’s also not clear if the suspect fired his weapon. Neither the deputy nor any of this family members were injured in the incident.

Riverside Police Officer Ryan Railsback said that after the shooting, the suspect fled to a nearby vehicle, then drove away. About 15 minutes later, Ochoa appeared at a hospital in Riverside’s Magnolia Center neighborhood with a single gunshot wound that police said was non-life threatening.

Railsback said an officer who arrived at the hospital determined that Ochoa was the suspect in the failed armed robbery attempt.

Ochoa was medically cleared, then police arrested him. He was booked at the Robert Presley Detention Center on three counts of attempted armed robbery. Each of the counts also carried a sentencing enhancement for using a firearm. His bail amount was not immediately available.

Police have not said what kind of weapon Ochoa was allegedly armed with; they also have not said whether that weapon has been recovered.

A suspect was wounded and later arrested after he confronted an off-duty sheriff’s deputy and his family in the parking lot of the Galleria at Tyler in Riverside and tried to rob them at gunpoint, police said Sunday, June 2, 2019. (Courtesy Brent Sakamoto)

A suspect was wounded and later arrested after he confronted an off-duty sheriff’s deputy and his family in the parking lot of the Galleria at Tyler in Riverside and tried to rob them at gunpoint, police said Sunday, June 2, 2019. (Courtesy Brent Sakamoto)

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It’s not clear which sheriff’s department the deputy was from. Railsback said police were not releasing that information yet.

Railsback said information about the deputy’s employment was being withheld because of the nature of the shooting.

“He fired his weapon out of fear for his life and his family’s life,” Railsback said. “They’re victims in this.”

Police said detectives are still investigating the shooting, and asked anyone with information about the incident to call or email them. Police said witnesses should contact Detective Karla Beler at (951) 353-7138 or kbeler@riversideca.gov, or Detective Jim Brandt at (951) 353-7137 or jbrandt@riversideca.gov