ORANGE BEACH, Ala. – A man shot in a road rage incident Thursday in Orange Beach has been discharged from Baptist Hospital in Pensacola on Saturday, a spokeswoman for the hospital said.

The official said she couldn't say when he was discharged or if he was discharged to another medical facility.

Damon Alan Hembree, 44, was shot by Steven Pinson, 54, at a stoplight on Alabama 182 in front of the Rite Aid.

Attempted murder charges were filed and a $500,000 bond set against Pinson and he remains in the Baldwin County Jail.

Hembree was taken by LifeFlight to Baptist Hospital in Pensacola in critical but stable condition, Orange Beach Fire and Rescue Battalion Chief Kevin Lanford said. Late Thursday afternoon he was upgraded to serious.

Hembree’s family was here on vacation and his wife and two kids were in his car when he stopped behind Pinson’s truck, Orange Beach Police Chief Billy Wilkins said.

According to what witnesses told police, the incident began on the Perdido Pass Bridge when Hembree’s car was driving slow in the left lane. The vehicles were travelling west and Hembree was driving a 2011 silver Ford Fiesta, Pinson a 2006 pewter gray Chevrolet 1500 pickup truck.

“The reason I describe the vehicles is because if anyone saw the incidents leading up to that we would like for them to call us with any information they may have about what led to this,” Wilkins said. “We had been receiving information that there was a possibility there had been a road rage incident involved. We had been getting calls for a few minutes before that, both through our communications center and 911.”

Reports said Pinson passed to the right of Hembree’s car, pulled in front of him and slammed on the brakes before continuing on.

Pinson was apparently irked by Hembree’s rate of speed in the left or inside lane and an incident occurred before he came to a stop at the Alabama 161 traffic light, police said.

“At that time Mr. Hembree, who I understand was the person first going slow in the inside lane, stopped behind Mr. Pinson who had passed Mr. Hembree earlier and there had been some interaction between the two, what all we don’t know,” Wilkins said.

When Pinson stopped at the traffic light, Hembree left his car and walked up to Pinson’s driver’s side door and a confrontation developed, Wilkins said.

“That’s when Mr. Pinson pulled the pistol and shot Mr. Hembree in the chest,” Wilkins said.

No one saw Hembree with a weapon of any kind and Wilkins said he did not know if Pinson had a permit to carry a concealed weapon.

Wilkins said the attempted murder charge goes to the direct meaning of the word.

“If you look at the definition of murder, part of the definition is extreme indifference to human life,” he said. “I think that at any time at close range  you stick a weapon out a car window and shoot somebody in the chest, I think the definition speaks for itself. I think it’s quite an appropriate charge.”