North Carolina man gets life for shooting 5-year-old dead

Darius Sessoms, who was found guilty of fatally shooting 5-year-old Cannon Hinnant two years ago, was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole in a recent trial by a Wilson County judge. The North Carolina man was initially charged with capital punishment but was able to avoid the death sentence under the Alford plea, which allowed him to maintain his innocence while acknowledging the prosecutors collect evidence for a conviction. The shooting incident happened …

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Shooter that killed 13-year-old boy captured

FLORIDA CITY, FL – After nearly two weeks of relentless searching, authorities have arrested a suspect in connection to the tragic murder of a 13-year-old boy. The arrest brings a glimmer of hope to the grieving family of Jovan Taylor, who was killed in a shooting earlier this month. On Wednesday, the suspect, identified as 23-year-old Tyler Kingsley Mangione, faced a judge for the first time at the Miami-Dade County Courthouse. The Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office …

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