Friends and associates are welcome to stop by to say goodbye at their leisure, no formal service. Hinnant was shot dead in Wilson, North Carolina, on August 9, by Darius Sessoms, 25, in front of his two sisters By Chaitra Krishnamurthy Updated On : 20:45 PST, Aug 13, 2020. Memorial services in the form of an open house rememberance will be held on Thursday, May 9th from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM at Overland Park Funeral Chapel (8201 Metcalf Ave, Overland Park, KS 66204). Cannon Hinnant: SayHisName trends as Internet seeks justice for 5-year-old boy, over 270K raised of 5K goal. Please let us know if you're having issues with commenting. Cannon passed away Sunday, April 28th, 2019.
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He touched everybody that he knew,” Waddell said, adding, “I would love to know why this happened.”Ĭrime Health Pre-Viral Cannon Hinnant Darius Nathaniel Sessoms Death penalty North Carolina He had the biggest smile, the biggest eyes. “Cannon’s murder was also the subject of a social media hashtag on Thursday called #SayHisName, as five mainstream broadcast news outlets refused to report on the incident,” according to Breitbart News.Īs of Monday, a GoFundMe page set up to help with funeral costs had raised $756,567 of its $5,000 goal. “There wasn’t anything between me and him, any bad blood whatsoever, for him to have a reason to do this,” he noted.Ī funeral service was held Thursday for the little boy who was supposed to start kindergarten last week. The closer I got to him, the more I realized it was something far more serious,” Hinnant recalled, adding Sessoms was in the yard next door holding the gun, pacing and frantic. “The first thing that went through my mind was maybe he just fell off his bike. He was inside the house when he heard the gun go off. Hinnant said Sessoms was their neighbor for eight years and the two shared dinner together the day before the shooting. “Family members told police that Cannon was outside on his bike, playing with his sisters, ages 8 and 7, when Sessoms walked up to the boy, pointed a gun at his head and pulled the trigger,” according to Breitbart News. Twenty-five-year-old Darius Nathaniel Sessoms faced a first-degree murder charge after he allegedly shot Cannon, who was his next door neighbor, on August 9th at a Mobile home park in Wilson. “I agree with Cannon’s mother, that we are going to seek the death penalty,” the boy’s father, Austin Hinnant, commented. “I want the death penalty, and I’m going to seek it,” Cannon Hinnant’s mother, Bonny Waddell, said recently according to Fox 8.