An Artesia man wounded by birdshot was arrested at a Fullerton hospital for allegedly threatening the man who shot him, authorities said.

Isaac Chavez was booked on suspicion of making a criminal threat, assault with a deadly weapon and a parole violation, according to Fullerton police.

Chavez had apparently been hit with the non-lethal shotgun blast when he showed up on the front porch of a Fullerton home, police said.

A man called police to say he had just shot Chavez with a shotgun at 3:11 p.m. Saturday at a home in the 1800 block of Page Avenue.

The caller said Chavez had been threatening him earlier in the day, then showed up at his house with a gun. Police said the blast scared the alleged parolee away.

Birdshot is a very small metal powder that creates a cloud of projectiles when fired from a large shotgun.

Saturday evening, a man arrived at the Lakewood Regional Medical Center's emergency room for treatment for birdshot wounds.

Chavez was booked at the Fullerton Police Department jail and then transferred to the Orange County Jail but there was no record of him at the jail.