Florida boy, 8, taken into custody after he 'stole mother's loaded handgun and tried to rob grocery store'
An eight-year-old Florida boy was taken into custody after he stole his mother's handgun and attempted to rob a local grocery store, police said.
Surveillance video at King Foods in West Palm Beach captured the boy, still wearing his bike helmet, entering the store and heading to an aisle.
Employees said the boy, whose first name is Jaden, walked around for a minute before he went up to the cash register, pointed the gun and said 'Give me the money'.
Proud Mother Eboni Allis...
'At the moment I didn't know if it was a real gun or fake,' employee Robert Espinal told CBS Miami. 'But I took it seriously.' Another employee immediately sprung into action, twisting the boy's wrist so he could take the gun away. Surveillance footage showed an employee then struggle as he tries to take the boy into the office before the store manager called police.
The gun was loaded but there was no bullet in the chamber, a King Foods employee told WPBF.
Eboni Alls, the boy's mother, said her son had told him he was going to the park to play and gave her a hug before he left on his bike. She didn't know anything was amiss until she picked up her purse. 'It was so light. I knew I was missing something. I said, "Where's my gun?"', she told the network. 'The first thing I thought was I hope Jaden don't have my gun.'
The state announced Friday that it will not pursue charges against the boy or his mother and that he has been released from home detention. Jaden is undergoing a mental evaluation after he made comments about hurting himself and will also have to enter a diversion program. He has also been banned from the grocery store.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...er-s-handgun-attempted-rob-grocery-store.html
So no punishment for Mom or the kid, welcome to Obama's world.
- Surveillance video shows boy walking into King Foods in West Palm Beach
- Employees said he went up to the cash register and pointed the gun
- Boy then said 'Give me the money' before worker took gun from his hand
- Eboni Alls, boy's mother, said son told her he was going to the park
- He then stole Eboni's gun from her purse and biked to the store
An eight-year-old Florida boy was taken into custody after he stole his mother's handgun and attempted to rob a local grocery store, police said.
Surveillance video at King Foods in West Palm Beach captured the boy, still wearing his bike helmet, entering the store and heading to an aisle.
Employees said the boy, whose first name is Jaden, walked around for a minute before he went up to the cash register, pointed the gun and said 'Give me the money'.
Proud Mother Eboni Allis...
'At the moment I didn't know if it was a real gun or fake,' employee Robert Espinal told CBS Miami. 'But I took it seriously.' Another employee immediately sprung into action, twisting the boy's wrist so he could take the gun away. Surveillance footage showed an employee then struggle as he tries to take the boy into the office before the store manager called police.
The gun was loaded but there was no bullet in the chamber, a King Foods employee told WPBF.
Eboni Alls, the boy's mother, said her son had told him he was going to the park to play and gave her a hug before he left on his bike. She didn't know anything was amiss until she picked up her purse. 'It was so light. I knew I was missing something. I said, "Where's my gun?"', she told the network. 'The first thing I thought was I hope Jaden don't have my gun.'
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...er-s-handgun-attempted-rob-grocery-store.html
So no punishment for Mom or the kid, welcome to Obama's world.