LITTLE ROCK — Police are searching for a man who shot a clerk at a Little Rock convenience store two times during a robbery attempt early Tuesday.
The assailant ran from the EZ Mart at 11724 Rainwood and was not arrested. Police describe him as a black man standing about 5-foot-6, weighing about 120 pounds and appearing to be in his late teens or early 20s.
According to a Little Rock Police Department report, the robber entered the store shortly after 1 a.m. and asked for an application. He then produced a handgun and shot the clerk in the face and then the back.
The would-be robber then tried to open the cash register but was unable to do so. Police say the man should be considered armed and dangerous.
The clerk was taken to Baptist Hospital in Little Rock for injuries not believed to be life-threatening.