WILSON, N.C. — Family and friends of a 5-year-old boy who was shot in the head while riding his bicycle gathered together Thursday.
About 100 cars filled the parking lot of a North Carolina funeral home to honor Cannon Hinnant and support his family after the child was fatally shot by a neighbor Sunday, WSOC-TV reported.
“We shouldn’t even be here,” Merrill Race, Cannon’s grandfather, told WTVD.
Darius Nathaniel Sessoms, 25, is accused of walking up to Cannon and shooting the boy in the head while he was riding a bicycle, investigators said. Sessoms was arrested Monday and charged with first-degree murder. He is in jail without bond. Police have not released a motive for the shooting.
A vigil planned for Friday was postponed. The family said they need time to mourn. A GoFundMe account set up for the family has raised more than $320,000.
Sessoms has previously been convicted of felony larceny of firearms in March 2016; misdemeanor maintaining a place for a controlled substance in April 2016; and felony marijuana possession in November 2016.