Black Man Charged With Shooting and Killing 5-Year-Old White Boy
A Wilson, North Carolina man was arrested Tuesday after he allegedly approached a 5-year-old who was playing outside and shot the child in the head.
Darius Sessoms, 25, was apprehended and charged with first degree murder in connection with his alleged role in ending the life of the toddler, according to WRAL. The 25-year-old ran up to Cannon Hinnant, 5, and shot him in the head in front of his two sisters, aged 8 and 9, while they played outside of their home, witnesses told the local outlet.
5-year-old Cannon Hinnant was killed in a shooting at a mobile home park yesterday in Wilson, North Carolina.
Police are now searching for 25-year-old Darius Nathaniel Sessoms. https://t.co/dgvsiJvRFx pic.twitter.com/ILAYJTBG9f
— ABC 13 News – WSET (@ABC13News) August 10, 2020
“My first reaction was he’s playing with the kids,” Doris Lybrand, who watched the shooting, told WRAL. “For a second, I thought, ‘That couldn’t happen.’ People don’t run across the street and kill kids.”
The 5-year-old was pronounced dead at a local hospital, according to the outlet. Sessoms is reportedly Cannon’s neighbor and residents claim the accused man had dinner with the boy’s father on Saturday and was seen at the family home on Sunday, WRAL reported.
We need justice for 5-year-old Cannon Hinnant who was murdered in cold blood.
https://t.co/I8DNOPAgVb pic.twitter.com/eA0AIGGn26— Ryan James Girdusky (@RyanGirdusky) August 11, 2020
Police have yet to release a motive for the alleged killing, but insist the murder was not random, according to WRAL. (Read more from “Black Man Charged With Shooting and Killing 5-Year-Old White Boy” HERE)
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