The grieving father of a 5-year-old boy killed in North Carolina said the suspect has lived next door for eight years and he shared dinner with him a day before the shooting.
Cannon Hinnant was riding his bike outside his father's home in Wilson on Sunday when a man walked up to him and shot him in the head, witnesses told police. A 25-year-old man has been charged in the shooting death of 5-year-old Cannon HinnantHis father, Austin Hinnant, was inside the house when he heard the shot go off, he told CNN affiliate WRAL. "The first thing that went through my mind was maybe he just fell off his bike," he said.
Cannon was with his sisters ages 7 and 8 when the shooting happened."They were just playing in the yard like any other day," Hinnant said. Victim's father had dinner with suspect a day before Sessoms, 25, and the victim's family had no issues, Hinnant said, adding that he had the suspect over for dinner a day before the shooting. Both men sat on his porch and sipped beer, he said.
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