A 26-year-old Midfield man remains hospitalized after he was shot outside a Jefferson County convenience store.

Jefferson County sheriff's deputies responded just before 9:30 p.m. Monday to a report of a shooting at the store in the 5500 block of Eastern Valley Road, said Chief Deputy Randy Christian. The victim, whose name hasn't been released, was seriously injured but is expected to survive.

Investigators were told that a white SUV with two men, a woman and a child inside pulled up to the gas pumps at the store. The male driver went inside the store, and the others stayed behind in the vehicle, Christian said.

An argument erupted between the man and woman in the SUV. The argument turned physical when the man began hitting the woman. The driver returned to the car, pulled out a handgun, and shot his passenger.

The driver then got into the vehicle, with the gunshot victim, woman and child still inside. Deputies found the SUV a short time later at an area hospital.

The victim suffered serious, but non-life threatening injuries. He remains in the hospital in stable condition. Christian said the 20-year-old shooting suspect has been identified, and is being sought by deputies.