( CNN ) -- A surveillance video captures the moment when a store clerk in Florida survived a bullet , thanks to his cell phone . It shows a robber pointing his gun at the clerk as he walks away from the counter . The clerk doubles over after the bullet strikes . But the clerk survived the shooting without serious injury because the bullet hit the cell phone he had in his front pocket . In the surveillance video , aired by CNN affiliate WESH , the clerk can be seen lifting his shirt to check for wounds . His co-worker , meanwhile , describes the close shave in a 911 call . `` My partner was , he was hit , I think it hit his phone , '' she says in a recording of the call released by police and aired by WESH . `` But he was hit , he was injured . '' The dispatcher asks her where the victim is now . `` He 's standing up , '' the worried co-worker replies . `` The bullet did n't go through , but it hit him . '' The clerk 's lucky escape happened Monday at the store of a Hess gas station in Winter Garden , Florida . The robber had pulled out a revolver and demanded that the store clerks open the safe . When they were unable to do so , he left , firing one shot at the male clerk . The clerk experienced chest pains from the impact , but he was quickly released from a hospital after being checked for injuries , authorities said . His HTC smartphone came off worse . A photo showed its screen shattered around a hole where the bullet had lodged . Police have said he was very lucky to have escaped almost unharmed from the shooting . No arrests had been made in the case as of Wednesday evening , according to WESH .
The store clerk doubles over after the bullet hits him , a surveillance video shows . He survived without serious injury because his cell phone blocked it . `` The bullet did n't go through , but it hit him , '' his co-worker says in a 911 call . The shooting happened during an attempted robbery at a gas station in Florida .