'You think people don't run across the street and kill kids:' Community heartbroken after shooting

A neighbor who witnessed the fatal shooting of 5-year-old Cannon Hinnant talks exclusively with WRAL about the incident.
Posted 8/11/2020, 3:26:58 AM

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>>> NEW TONIGHT A NEIGHBOR IS

BEING CHARGEDED WITH

FIRST-DEGREE MURDER ACCUSED OF

SHOOT AGO 5-YEAR-OLD TO DEATH

WHILE PLAYING OUTSIDE.

FROM WILSON AFTER TALKING WITH A

WOMAN WHO SAW THIS HEARTBREAKING

CRIME TAKING PLACE.

>> A NEIGHBOR DID, SHE WAS

SITTING OUTSIDE LOOKING OUT HER

WINDOW AND SHE WITNESSED

FIRSTHAND A LITTLE BOY GET SHOT

IN THE HEAD BY HIS NEIGHBOR.

WE TALKED TO HER EXCLUSIVELY.

SHE TELLS US SHE COULD NOT

BELIEVE WHAT SHE SAW.

>> PEOPLE DON'T RUN ACROSS THE

STREET AND KILL KIDS.

>> Reporter:

SITTING IN THIS CHAIR WITH

A CLEAR VIEW OF

5-YEAR-OLD AND HIS SIBLINGS

PLAYING OUTSIDE, DORIS COULD NOT

BELIEVE WHAT SHE SAW.

>> MY FIRST REACTION WAS HE WAS

PLAYING WITH THE KIDS.

AND WHEN I SAW HIM JUST RIDE

RIGHT UP TO HIM AND PUT A GUN

RIGHT ON HIS HEAD AND SHOT HIM.

>> Reporter:

SHE SAYS 25-YEAR-OLD DARIUS SHOT

5-YEAR-OLD CANON WHILE HE WAS

PLAYING OUTSIDE.

>> ALMOST LIKE SEEING A MOVIE

AND IT DAWNS TO YOU IT IS NOT A

MOVIE.

>> SHE SAYS HE HAS LIVED ON

ARCHERS ROAD FOR 28 YEARS AND

SEEN HIM OVER AT CANON'S HOUSE

BEFORE.

>> NO YELLING, SCREAMING.

>> HIS SIBLINGS WATCHED THEIR

FIVE-YEAR-OLD BROTHER GET SHOT.

HIS DAD AUSTIN WAS NEARBY.

>> HE FLEW OUT SCREAMING AND

PICKED HIM UP.

THEY WILL NEVER GET OVER IT.

>> Reporter:

NOW EVERYONE IS LEFT ASKING

THE SAME QUESTION.

>> WHAT I WOULD THAT MAKE HIM

GO OVER AND KILL THE KIDS IS

WHAT I WOULD WANT TO KNOW.

>> CANON'S GRANDMOTHER TELLS US

THEY ARE HAPPY TO KNOW SESAMS IS

IN JAIL, BUT DEVASTATED.

A LONG ROAD AHEAD FOR THE FAMILY

AND COMMUNITY.

>> THAT BOY WAS SUCH A BRIGHT