WINTER GARDEN, Fla. — Police say a cell phone saved a Florida gas station clerk from a robber’s bullet.

Winter Garden Police said in an e-mail that a clerk had just minor injuries after a robber fired a bullet at his abdomen. Police say his cell phone stopped it.

The close call happened Monday at 4:45 a.m. in Winter Garden.

A man entered the gas station and asked a clerk for help. Then he showed the worker a revolver and demanded he open the safe.

When the clerk couldn’t open the safe, the robber ordered a second clerk to try. He was also unsuccessful.

The suspect fired a round at one of the clerks and fled.

Police say the worker had no idea the bullet had hit his cell phone until he pulled it out of his shirt pocket.