Jack, truly sad story... but conditions are not as you say..
On CNN today.... this is very rare, but when any child is k**led, weather black or white, collateral or by purpose it gets tons of coverage..
so sad for this family and the little boy..
The father of a 5-year-old boy k**led in North Carolina says the suspect was a neighbor for eight years
By Faith Karimi, CNN
Updated 7:45 AM ET, Sat August 15, 2020
(CNN)The grieving father of a 5-year-old boy k**led in North Carolina said the suspect has lived next door for eight years and he shared dinner with him a day before the shooting.
Cannon Hinnant was riding his bike outside his father's home in Wilson on Sunday when a man walked up to him and shot him in the head, witnesses told police.
His father, Austin Hinnant, was inside the house when he heard the shot go off, he told CNN affiliate WRAL. "The first thing that went through my mind was maybe he just fell off his bike," he said. "The closer I got to him, the more I realized it was something far more serious."
When he saw his son, he cradled him in his arms and pleaded for help. "I screamed, 'Somebody, please help me save my son! Help me save my son, please,'" he said.
At the time, the suspect -- his neighbor, Darius Sessoms -- was in the yard next door with a gun in hand, pacing and frantic, Hinnant said. He described being filled with rage as he looked at the suspect -- but he could not leave Cannon's side.