[WASHINGTONEXAMINER] The grieving mother of a 5-year-old who was shot to death in front of his sisters says she hopes the suspected killer will "rot in hell.""This man will answer to me," Bonny Waddell, mother of Cannon Hinnant, who was killed as he played outside Sunday, wrote on Facebook this week. "That man will see me and my son through my face! This sorry excuse as a human being will rot in hell."
"My heart has been taken from me," she added.
The boy was riding his bike outside when police say his neighbor Darius Sessoms ran up and shot him in the head at point-blank range before fleeing back into his home.
Sessoms, 25, was eventually identified by eyewitnesses before being arrested and charged with first-degree murder. Police have not released a statement about a possible motive for the killing.
The boy’s family and friends gathered at his funeral Thursday and spoke out about his life and how his tragic death has affected them.
"He meant the world to me, just like all the other kids that are mine I helped raise," said Lee Parker, the boy's stepfather. "It'll never be behind us. He'll always be with us, but we're going to get through it."