THE mother of a five-year-old boy shot dead by his neighbor as he played in front of his house said the alleged killer will "burn in hell."

Darius Sessoms, 25, was charged with murder Monday after allegedly shooting his young neighbor, Cannon Hinnant, at point-blank range in front of his North Carolina home on Sunday evening.

Little Cannon was shot the head in front of his seven- and eight-year-old sisters while riding his bicycle, according to reports.

Sessoms is the family's next-door neighbor and was apparently friendly with them before the Sunday shooting.

In a series of Facebook posts, the young boy's mother, Bonny Waddell, said her daughters lost a "piece of their heart," when they saw their brother gunned down.

Waddell also said she would do anything to get justice for her little boy.

"This was not just because my baby was riding a bike!!," she wrote. "Don't let this social media and news fool you!"

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

"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 country upside down," she wrote.

The motive for the alleged killing isn’t clear at this time, but a GoFundMe page set up by the cousin of Cannon’s father asserts that the young boy was killed for wandering onto his Sessoms’ property while playing.

“One minute he is enjoying his life, the next it all ends because he rode into his neighbor's yard,” the page says.

A second GoFundMe account was created on Wednesday by Gwen Hinnant, who claims to be Cannon's grandmother.

Cannon's unexpected appearance allegedly prompted Sessoms to walk up to his young neighbor and shoot him in the head, according to crimeonline.com.

The mom alleges that Sessoms knew her son, and knew how "loving" he was.

"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.

Relatives said Cannon's family knew the suspect for years.

"We used to play together and I never thought he'd kill someone," Waddell's cousin, Rachel Pipkin, told WNCN.

"A mother now has to lay her son to rest at five years old, which she should never have to do. He'll never be forgotten," she added.

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The suspect reportedly fled the scene after the alleged shooting, but was found and taken into custody on Monday.

According to The Wilson Times, Sessoms has a criminal record consisting of felony larceny of firearms, felony and misdemeanor marijuana charges, and has spent months in prison on separate occasions.

According to court records, he also has two pending felonies on his record.

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