Police say that two men were involved in an attempted armed robbery Tuesday night in South Rome.

A man dressed all in black fired two shots at a store clerk at the Big H Food Store, 127 E. 12th St., as he was attempting to close the store around 10 p.m., police said.

According to police reports:

One bullet grazed the clerk's right thigh and the suspect ran to the back of the store where he met up with another man. They then both ran from the scene.

The subject that allegedly shot at the clerk was described as a skinny black male approximately 5-foot-7.

Both were dressed in all black, making it difficult for the clerk to give any further description of the men.

It’s the second time in less than a month that a store in that area has been robbed. 

On March 22, two men robbed the Big H Food Store on East Main Street. 

Two suspects escaped with almost $3,000 from the Big H, 29 E. Main St., after robbing a clerk with a knife, police said. No arrests have been made in that case.

The robbery happened about 11 p.m. The clerk was closing the business, and had walked over to the adjoining Big H Laundromat in the same building to clean before he left, said Rome police officer Nicholas Hovers shortly after the robbery. 

Two nights later, a man attempted to rob a Maple Avenue convenience store, according to a Rome police report. 

According to the report, a man walked into the One Shop Stop, 2017 Maple Ave., on March 24 and showed the clerk a gun in the waistband of his pants. 

He told the clerk, “I am going to rob you tonight. You are going to get hurt tonight.”

The man left the store without taking any money. The report did not indicate why he just left the store.