( CNN ) -- A gas station clerk 's smartphone may have saved his life Monday by blocking a bullet fired at his chest in an attempted armed robbery . The shooting happened after a man entered the store at the Hess gas station in Winter Garden , Florida , early Friday and asked a clerk to help him find a particular beverage . The man then pulled out a revolver and demanded that the clerk open the safe , CNN affiliate WESH reported , but the clerk was unable to get the safe door open . Another clerk then entered the store and was also ordered to open the safe . After both the store workers ' efforts to open it failed , the man fired a single gunshot as he left the store , WESH reported , citing police . Emergency services workers were called to the store , and as they were interviewing one of the clerks , he complained of chest pains . `` So they started looking at the clerk . That 's when they realized that the guy had actually shot at him , hit him , struck his cell phone , and the cell phone had stopped his bullet , '' Winter Garden Police Lt. Scott Allen said . The chest pains were caused by the impact of the bullet on the cell phone , which was in the clerk 's chest pocket , according to WESH . He did n't suffer any other injuries and was quickly released after being checked at a hospital , the TV station said . His HTC smartphone came off worse . A photo showed its screen shattered around a hole where the bullet had lodged . `` I 've seen individuals get shot with low-caliber handguns and I 've seen it be life ending . So , for this gentleman to be as lucky as he is , it 's a good day for us , '' Allen said . The other clerk was reported to be unharmed . Police described the suspect in the attack as a black man about 6 feet tall wearing a dark-colored hooded sweatshirt , pants , sunglasses , a bright yellow traffic vest and white gloves , according to WESH . He remained on the loose Monday evening , it reported . Authorities are n't disclosing the name of the clerk who was shot , the TV station reported .
A man attempts to rob a gas station in Winter Garden , Florida . When the store clerks ca n't open the safe , he fires a gun at one of them . The bullet hits the clerk 's cell phone , which is in his chest pocket . He complains of chest pains and goes to a hospital but is quickly released .