Man charged in 5-year-old's death lives next door to boy's father

NORTH CAROLINA MALLS.

HOW MUCH SPACE THE COMPANY

COULD TAKE OVER AND WHAT THEY

PLAN TO DO WITH THAT SPACE.

>>> WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS

THIS AFTERNOON WITHIN THE PAST

20 MINUTES, WITH AND THE

SUSPECT ACCUSED OF SHOOTING AND

KILLING A FIVE-YEAR-OLD BOY IS

NOW IN POLICE CUSTODY.

GOOD AFTERNOON AND THANK YOU

FOR JOINING US.

>> WE SPOKE WITH THE FAMILY.

>> Reporter: THERE IS A LOT OF

RELIEF IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD

TONIGHT NOW THAT THE SUSPECT IS

IN POLICE CUSTODY.

NEIGHBORS TELL US THAT THEY

WITNESSED WHAT HAPPENED HERE

LAST NIGHT.

THE SHOOTING HAPPENED AT THIS

HOUSE.

THE SUSPECT WAS RIGHT NEXT DOOR

AT THIS HOUSE.

ONE NEIGHBOR ACROSS THE STREET

TELLS US THAT THE TWO HAD

DINNER TOGETHER FRIDAY NIGHT

AND THAT THE SUSPECT WAS OVER

AT THE VICTIM'S HOUSE YESTERDAY

AFTERNOON.

LATER ON IN THE EVENING AT

AROUND 5:30, THAT NEIGHBOR

TELLS US THAT THE SUSPECT CAME

RUNNING ACROSS THE LAWN AND

CAME UP TO THE LITTLE BOY THAT

WAS ON THE BIKE AND SHOT HIM IN

THE HEAD.

HIS TWO SISTERS LOOKING ON TO

QUESTION WHY.

FIVE-YEAR-OLD CANNON HINNANT

LEFT TO RIGHT HIS BIKE AND HIS

MOTHER SAID HE WAS ALWAYS

SMILING AND LOVED HIS FAMILY.

NOW, THE FAMILY IS PREPARING

FOR HIS FUNERAL AFTER HE WAS

SHOT IN THE HEAD WHILE PLAYING

OUTSIDE AT HIS FATHER'S HOME ON

ORCHARD ROAD AND WILSON AT

AROUND 5:30 SUNDAY NIGHT.

POLICE SAY 25-YEAR-OLD DARIUS

SESSOMS, A NEIGHBOR SHOT THE

CHILD AND IT WAS NOT AN

ACCIDENT.

THE REASON IS STILL UNCLEAR.

POLICE BELIEVE THE SUSPECT TOOK

OFF IN THIS BLACK TOYOTA

COROLLA WITHOUT A BLACK BUMPER.

THE FAMILY JUST HOPES THE

KILLER IS BROUGHT TO JUSTICE.

I JUST GOT OFF THE PHONE WITH

THE CHILD'S GRANDMOTHER AND SHE

SAYS THE FAMILY IS HAPPY TO

HEAR THE NEWS.

THEY ARE DEVASTATED OVER THIS

LOSS.

THE SUSPECT HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO

WILSON AND WILL FACE FIRST-

DEGREE MURDER CHARGES.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK TO GET

MORE INFORMATION TO FIND OUT

WHAT LED TO THIS MURDER.