TEMPLE TERRACE — A Temple Terrace man was shot and injured in a parking lot Wednesday, and police were searching for the men he was fighting with beforehand.

Ronald McClendon II, 38, was described Thursday as stable, according to the Temple Terrace Police Department.

The shooting happened about 3:45 p.m. in the parking lot separating the Sweetbay Supermarket on 56th Street and Doral Oaks from the apartment complex where McClendon lives, police said.

Witnesses told police McClendon was in an altercation with three or four men, who left in a green Kia Sephia. Tampa police later found the abandoned car near Temple Heights Road and 50th Street. It was impounded.

Anyone with information about the crime can call police at (813) 989-7110.