Crime

Second arrest made in shooting death of 5-year-old in Wilson

By Josh Shaffer
Consuela Groves shows a phone video of Cannon Hinnant, 5, who often played in her yard. Hinnant was shot while sitting on his bike in his yard in Wilson, N.C. and died.
Consuela Groves shows a phone video of Cannon Hinnant, 5, who often played in her yard. Hinnant was shot while sitting on his bike in his yard in Wilson, N.C. and died. Josh Shaffer jshaffer@newsobserver.com
WILSON

Police in Wilson have charged a second person in connection with the August shooting death of a 5-year-old boy.

Aolani Takemi Pettit, 21, was charged as an accessory after the fact Tuesday, police said. She was scheduled for a first appearance in Wilson County court Wednesday.

In mid-August, Cannon Hinnant was shot in the head at point-blank range while riding his bicycle in the front yard.

Police charged Cannon’s next-door neighbor, 25-year-old Darius Sessoms, with first-degree murder. Later in August, his mother Carolyn said her son shot Cannon in a drug-fueled haze that her family was powerless to stop.

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