Texas police are looking for a man who attempted to stab a store clerk after he refused to give him money from the cash register.

Video surveillance at the 7-Eleven convenience store in Arlington shows a man walk into the shop before pulling out a knife and demanding money.

The man, wearing a black t-shirt and dingy pants walks into the convenience store appearing to talk on his phone.

Video surveillance at the 7/11 convenience store in Arlington, Texas shows a man walk into the shop before pulling out a knife and demanding money

The man, wearing a black t-shirt and dingy pants walks into the convenience store appearing to talk on his phone

He requires some assistance, and the employees comes to offer some help.

But out of nowhere, the assailant whips out a butcher knife and demands money from the register.

And when the employee refuses, the man attempts to slash at him with the knife.

But out of nowhere, the assailant whips out a butcher knife and demands money from the register and when the employee refuses, the man attempts to slash at him with the knife

Seeing his plan is working to no avail, the man runs out of the store leaving the store clerk behind.

The video also shows the incident from another angle.

There the angling reveals that the man had the knife on his side the time he was in the store.

Running off, the man gets away in an older model white Ford Explorer.