Photo released of man who asked for T-shirts, beat clerk with bat

Chicago Police today released a surveillance photo of a man who last week asked a store clerk for extra-large T-shirts, then beat the clerk with a baseball bat when told the store did not carry the size the man was asking for.
The attack happened about 10:50 a.m. on Tuesday at a convenience store in the 5500 block of West Belmont Avenue in the Cragin neighborhood. Today, police released an alert with the photo and a description of the attacker, who is wanted on charges of aggravated battery.
The 51-year-old clerk was behind the counter of the store when a man went into the store and asked the clerk if he had triple extra large sized tank top T-shirts.
After the clerk told the man the store did not carry the item, the man pulled out a baseball bat and began beating the clerk. After beating the clerk, the man fled with the bat.
The clerk suffered a cut to his head and was taken to Our Lady of the Resurrection Medical Center, where he was treated and released.
The suspect is being described as a black man standing between 5-feet-8-inches and 6 feet tall and weighing about 200 pounds, according to the alert. He has brown eyes and black hair, as well as facial hair, and was last seen wearing a dark-colored bandanna and white tank top shirt, according to the alert. He also has some type of tattoo on his upper right arm.