Mother of Slain Cannon Hinnant Says Son’s Killing Not a Race Issue

Cannon Hinnant in a file photo. #JusticeForCannon/GoFundMe

The mother of the 5-year-old North Carolina boy who was shot and killed by a neighbor last week said the incident had nothing to do with race.

“It’s just, it’s devastating,” Bonny Waddell said, according to WNCN-TV. “This is not a race issue. This was a, I don’t even know what it was,” she said.