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MAUMELLE, Ark. - Thursday (2/26) night, two armed robbers picked the wrong gas station to rob.

According to the Maumelle Police Department (MPD), officers responded to a robbery call at 11:04 p.m. at the Exxon on Carnahan in Maumelle.

Daniel Martin, the store clerk, says he was was refilling sugar at the coffee station when he turned around to see a guy with a mask and a gun.

"It was at this point he kept reassuring me that he won't shoot me unless he has to," Martin explained.

Martin walked us through the heart-pounding moments inside the store.

He complied to the first part of robbery, taking the one with the gun to the register while the other stole cigarettes.

Martin handed over cash but the thief wanted anything in the safe too.

Kneeling in front of the open safe, Martin says the unidentified man put the gun on his thigh to free up both hands. That's when Martin turned the tables.

"I see his friend over there diddling with cigarettes," he pointed out. "I'm standing right here; [I] go right for it; boom I run."

Around the desk, with the gun he took from the robber, Martin almost made it to the door before he got tackled. The impact sent the first gun shot ripping through the store.

"And I'm sliding toward the door - boom," Martin described what happened as he lined up the second shot but missed. "That was the shot that went through the Frio can, that hit the tea and got into the wall."

Martin aimed for a third shot. He said, "I'm not in a hurry to, like, kill anyone personally but at this point I have to take you seriously."

But the gun jammed. No one was shot and the robbers left.

MPD Captain Jim Hansard says detectives are now on the lookout for the two people responsible.

He said, "We'll get them it's just going to take some help from the public."

One was wearing a pink bandana. The other had a skull mask. If you know anything contact Maumelle Police.