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Dad of 5-Year-Old Cannon Hinnant Offered Dinner to Son's Killer Night before Murder"There's a lot of leaning on each other right now. Obviously, we do have faith, and that is part of what is helpful. We do believe there's a higher power, and there's a reason for everything. We just don't understand what that reason is." -Gwen Hinnant, Cannon's grandmother
Those are the words of 5-year-old Cannon Hinnant's mother, Bonny Waddell, who told WRAL-TV she is advocating capital punishment for her son's suspected killer, 25-year-old Darius Sessoms. "My baby didn't deserve this," said the grieving mother of three. "He had the biggest smile, the biggest eyes ... He changed all of our lives. He touched everybody that he knew."
According to the Wilson Times, Cannon's father, Austin Hinnant, had struck up a friendship with Sessoms. And on the night before his son's killing, he invited Sessoms over for grilled chicken when he saw the young man "sitting in his car, like he had a lot on his mind."
The next day, Cannon was outside riding his bike in front of the house right after the family returned home from church. Soon thereafter, Hinnant recalled hearing a loud bang. He hurried outside and found Cannon lying on the ground, where he had been shot in the head at point-blank range. "I just scooped him up in my arms and..." Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here Continue reading here. 
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Waddell went on to say she "want[s] the death penalty" for Sessoms. (Screengrab image: via WRAL)
Sessoms came over, and he and Hinnant sat on the front porch, where they sipped beers together. Cannon's dad said he knows the Lord "says to love your neighbor." He added, "I was trying to do something nice." (Screengrab image: via WRAL)
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