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Second Person Charged In Death Of 5-Year-Old Cannon Hinnant

Tim Pearce
Second Person Charged In Death Of 5-Year-Old Cannon Hinnant
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Police have arrested a second suspect in the shooting death of a 5-year-old North Carolina boy.

Police in Wilson County, North Carolina, arrested Aolani Takemi Marie Pettit, 21, earlier this week and charged her with aiding Darius Sessoms, 25, after he allegedly murdered Cannon Hinnant, 5, on Aug. 9, according to WCTI. Pettit allegedly helped Sessoms escape from the police before he was found the next day, taken into custody, and charged with first-degree murder.

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