5yo shot ‘execution’ style by neighbour

[Ninastar]

So at first I didn’t believe this story... I didn’t want to believe it but it looks like it’s true. This **** shot the poor kid in front of his sisters... I have no words

https://www.google.com/amp/s/nypost.com/2020/08/11/5-year-old-north-carolina-boy-allegedly-shot-dead-by-neighbor/amp/

https://www.google.com/amp/s/metro.co.uk/2020/08/11/boy-5-shot-dead-point-blank-range-riding-neighbors-yard-13115566/amp/

[Oliver_W]

Jesus, what a disgusting human being creature.

[Ammi]

...this is so awful, Caitlin...and in front of his sisters as well...?...this is devastating for the family and for the neighbourhood....and his father had, had dinner with the person who shot Cannon, the night before as well...

[Ninastar]

I just can’t stop thinking about his poor sisters having to see that. And the dad too. Ugh... I wonder if there’s more to the story... cause of the whole dinner together thing. I can’t wrap my head around it

[Niamh.]

oh my god, and by the article it seems like this guy and the boys dad were friends? wtf?

[Oliver_W]

oh my god, and by the article it seems like this guy and the boys dad were friends? wtf?

Maybe they were, or at least passing acquaintances? The mother said she thought "oh he's playing with the kids" or something, and how many mothers would think that in a nonconcerned way about a man they didn't know?

[Niamh.]

Maybe they were, or at least passing acquaintances? The mother said she thought "oh he's playing with the kids" or something, and how many mothers would think that in a nonconcerned way about a man they didn't know?

Well the article said that he'd been round to their house the evening before for dinner so you would assume that they're more than acquaintances

[Oliver_W]

Well the article said that he'd been round to their house the evening before for dinner so you would assume that they're more than acquaintances
oops okay :joker: gotta stop skimming :smug:

though I only read one of the articles :hehe:

[Ammi]

....I was just reading the DM article...a neighbour who saw it said that he just walked up to Cannon and put the gun to his forehead and shot him...there had never been any cross words between them on any occasion previously...all very odd...


...and I’m being a bit dumb, Caitlin...but why the Gofundme page set up straight away, is that something that would be expected to be done...to pay for funeral costs or something....?...it seems set up by a grandparent who did it quite quickly...?....and some of the donation quotes...’we have to look after our own’...‘it’s a hate crime’...but no one knows of a motive yet...

[Ammi]

...actually yeah, it does state ‘service expenses’...so funeral costs...I would imagine it’ll be quite some time until that can be arranged though ...

[Oliver_W]

and some of the donation quotes...’we have to look after our own’...‘it’s a hate crime’...but no one knows of a motive yet...

Sounds familiar tbh

[Ninastar]

We don’t know the motive, so I’m not sure why people would mention a hate crime. I don’t think it’s good to jump to conclusions.

But here it is fairly common to set up a gofundme as soon as something like this happens. It’s more so because of the cost of healthcare/funeral expenses etc. It’s sad but I’m sure it can help the family somewhat with the financial burden of everything going on rn

[Mystic Mock]

I wouldn't want to be this animal in Prison.:hehe:

I give up on Humanity tbh if someone is capable of shooting a 5 year old in the head.

[Zizu]

Presumably the guy was completely ‘off his head’ on drugs to do something so unthinkable ?

Well after watching far too many gangster movies I always thought they did that sort of killing as punishment or to stop someone from blabbing about something serious but this was a 5yr old kid ..


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[Shaun]

His list of drug offences makes me think this wasn't done in a sober frame of mind... at least I would hope it wasn't, anyway

[Jigs]

I honestly can't fathom the horror of this situation. Feel terrible for the poor child and his family </3

His list of drug offences makes me think this wasn't done in a sober frame of mind... at least I would hope it wasn't, anyway

Yeah, this. Perhaps he was high on drugs and simply lost his mind.

[UserSince2005]

Appalled.

Imagine if this was a white on black crime rather than the other way around.
The protests there would be.

[Ammi]

...I don’t know, maybe what Shaun says is more the thing that happened...but there seems to be a lot more to this story of this horrendous thing...Cannon’s mum seems very, very active on social media since the shooting...the problem as well is that we never know how accurate any reporting is...Here are some of the quotes from his mum that are being reported in the Daily Mail article...





‘I will burn this country down if it’s what it’ll take to see this man burn in hell. I’m ready to flip this county upside down,’ Waddell wrote to Facebook Monday.

‘This was not because my baby was riding a bike.

‘We will get our justice and I’m taking every damn body down right with him!

‘Please ride the roads, keep your eyes out. My other kids are in danger as threats were made, this scum bag is not far,’ she added, hours before Sessoms was arrested.

‘I want this man to be taken away from his child forever.’

‘My baby didn’t see color, my baby made sure you knew he loved you even if he only knew you 5 minutes idc what damn color you were!’ she wrote.


....again, colour/race is mentioned straight away on social media by the family...as it was on the GoFundMe page that was set up....saying that Cannon wasn’t killed because he was riding a bike/...is this all inferring that he was killed because he was white..?...it seems to be what the family are actively saying on social media...

[Ammi]

...Caitlin, is there anything more being reported over there..?...

[user104658]

oh my god, and by the article it seems like this guy and the boys dad were friends? wtf?I think their relationship is almost certainly drug related, and there has been some falling out at the "dinner" involving drugs (most likely one owing the other money and/or drugs). Absolutely tragic that a child has gotten caught up in this mess and lost their life. And as has been said - two other children who will most likely suffer severe trauma from seeing their brother killed.

[Niamh.]

I think their relationship is almost certainly drug related, and there has been some falling out at the "dinner" involving drugs (most likely one owing the other money and/or drugs). Absolutely tragic that a child has gotten caught up in this mess and lost their life. And as has been said - two other children who will most likely suffer severe trauma from seeing their brother killed.

So shoot the dad in the head ffs, there's something seriously wrong in that mans head if he could execute a 5 year old like that. A person like that should never see the light of day again

[Cherie]

Apparently this is getting no media attention at all

[Niamh.]

Apparently this is getting no media attention at all

That's bizarre. It's such an unusual crime

[Ammi]

...there have been articles in the DM and the Independent...and obviously many USA news sites are covering it...(...although I can’t get articles up without subscription for many...)...the man has been charged now with 1st degree murder....

[Ninastar]

It’s getting some attention, but not as much as it would if the roles were reversed. But that’s just how society is these days.

I would not have heard about this at all if I didn’t use FB. The craziest thing is that it’s not my white friends or black friends that have shared it, it’s actually been my mixed race friends... that really surprised me. (I did have an older white ‘friend’ on fb share something about it, but it was propaganda and I’m just going to ignore that)

[Ammi]

It’s getting some attention, but not as much as it would if the roles were reversed. But that’s just how society is these days.

I would not have heard about this at all if I didn’t use FB. The craziest thing is that it’s not my white friends or black friends that have shared it, it’s actually been my mixed race friends... that really surprised me. (I did have an older white ‘friend’ on fb share something about it, but it was propaganda and I’m just going to ignore that)

...I’ve tried to find some USA news reports on YouTube because it must have had some coverage, a story of a 5yr old boy being ‘executed’ and with no apparent motive known and in front of his sisters...I mean, that’s just in itself, a huge story...a world news event...?...but any vids I clicked on, we’re all just voice over things...they weren’t from the news channels out there, I don’t think...

[Ninastar]

I’m sure the likes of Fox News have reported it. But I don’t have cable so I wouldn’t know.

I think the main reason it hasn’t been reported on tv is cause the guy was caught straight away? I’m not 100% sure though

[Ammi]

I’m sure the likes of Fox News have reported it. But I don’t have cable so I wouldn’t know.

I think the main reason it hasn’t been reported on tv is cause the guy was caught straight away? I’m not 100% sure though

...oh thank you, Caitlin...I just got a report from Fox News on YouTube...on there it was mentioned again that him mum and grandmother feel it’s a ‘colour killing’, there are some quotes from them....but still the police are releasing no motive...

[Ninastar]

I don’t think it was colour related tbh. I think it was drugs related. It will be interesting to see how it all unravels though

[Ammi]

I don’t think it was colour related tbh. I think it was drugs related. It will be interesting to see how it all unravels though

...yeah it’s most definitely a story I’m going to follow as best as I can with the reports we get here...and I agree, his father and the killer were apparently friends and had known each other a long time...So colour related doesn’t make sense...but that’s obviously what his mum and grandmother believe, though...

[Oliver_W]

I'm not gonna play the "no-one cares because he's white" card, but it is curious that a woman who phoned the police because a black dude was harassing her and her dog got more Internet attention than a murderer.

[user104658]

friends and had known each other a long time

The killer's drugs-offense list makes it very, very, very unlikely that they were actually friends, rather than "friends" in a drugs (probably dealing) capacity. Drugs were almost certainly involved in the killing (I struggle to believe that anyone sober could murder a child in the street in cold blood) and money was almost certainly involved in the motive.

Obviously I don't "know" anything more than anyone else, I'll just be very surprised if that doesn't turn out to be the case.

[Tom4784]

It's a terrible story that's now being used to fuel racist propaganda. Lots of racists are trying to position this poor child as the face of White Lives Matter and it's just awful. It reminds me of how racists and bigots cling to Lee Rigby for justification of their hatred and it just enrages me.

If I was killed, I would hate it if a bunch of dumbass racists tried to use my death and my image as a tool for their hatred.