Removing empty element from Array(Java)

I'm trying to remove the empty element from the array by copying the existing element to a new array. However, initialization of the new array is causing my return value to be null even when I initialize it within the for loop.

public String[] wordsWithout(String[] words, String target) {
    for(int i = 0; i < words.length; i = i +1){
        String store[] = new String[words.length];
        if (words[i] == target){
            words[i] ="";
        }
        else if(words[i] != target){
            words[i] = store[i];
        }       
    }
    return words;
}