Saved by a cell phone! Store clerk unhurt after robber shot him in the abdomen and his smartphone took the bullet



A store clerk was saved from a bullet by his mobile phone

The phone was in his pocket when an armed robber shot at him

The clerk didn't realize he'd been shot until he experienced chest pains

He pulled the cell phone from his pocket and found a bullet lodged in the shattered screen

A store clerk was saved when a bullet shot by an armed robber was stopped by his mobile phone during a robbery in the early hours of Monday morning.



Police say that a man entered a Hess gas station in Wintergarden, Florida, around 4:30am this morning and asked the clerk for assistance.



He then displayed a revolver and demanded that the store clerk open the safe.



Bullet-proof: This HTC cell phone took a bullet for its owner when an armed robber shot at him

Unaware: The store clerk didn't realize he'd been shot until he began feeling chest pains and looked at his phone

The clerk had difficulty opening the safe and a second store worker made an attempt.



According to WESH-TV, the thief fired one round at the store clerks hitting one of them in the abdomen before leaving the store.



Police said it wasn't until they were interviewing the clerks that the man who was shot began complaining of pain.



'The clerk said, "I feel like my chest hurts." That’s when medical personnel started looking at him, realized the guy had actually shot at him, hit him, and the cell phone had stopped his bullet,' Winter Garden police Lieutenant Scott Allen told WESH-TV.



Wanted: A surveillance camera caught the hooded thief and gunman holding up the store



When he pulled his HTC smartphone from his pocket, he discovered a bullet lodged in the shattered screen.



'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,' said Allen.



The suspect is described as black, six-foot and wearing a dark-colored hoodie, pants, sunglasses, a bright yellow traffic vest and white gloves.



The clerk was taken to Health Central hospital with minor injuries.

