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The state announced Friday that it will not pursue charges against an 8-year-old boy who tried to rob grocery store with handgun.The incident happened Wednesday night at the King Foods in the 1000 block of 36th Street in West Palm Beach.Download app: iOS | AndroidThe attempted robbery was captured on the store's surveillance cameras. The boy is seen walking into the store wearing a bike helmet and baggy clothes. He walked down an aisle, then to a checkout register.According to one employee, the boy pointed the gun and said, "Give me the money."Another employee, who didn't want to use his name, said he didn't know if the gun was real or fake, and that he just wanted to make sure it didn't go off. "As soon as I moved I reached over to him, twisted his wrist, took the gun away," he said. The boy is also seen struggling with a worker as he tried to take him to the office. A store manager called police. An employee told WPBF 25 News the gun was loaded, but there was no bullet in the chamber. The boy's mother, Eboni Alls, said he had told her he was going to the park to play and didn't know anything was wrong until it was time for her to pick up her other son."When I grabbed my purse, I'm like, it was so light. I'm like, I knew I was missing something. I said, 'Where's my gun?'" Alls said.The boy cannot visit the grocery store and has been released from home detention. Additionally, he will have to enter a diversion program.