Smash-and-grab suspects flee after robbery attempt in northeast Houston

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Thieves tried to pull off a smash-and-grab-type robbery Saturday morning at a Shell station in northeast Harris County.

It happened on Tidwell and East Sam Houston.

A clerk called 911 around 4am this morning, saying he had locked himself in the bathroom because someone in a white truck was ramming the front of the store.

When police arrived, they found the window and front of the store damaged and a damaged ATM machine still on-scene. The suspect had taken off empty-handed.

Around 6:30am, a stolen truck which may have been used in the robbery was discovered less than 10 miles away.