Wilson, North Carolina, U.S. Cannon Blake Hinnant was a five-year-old American boy from Wilson, North Carolina who was shot and killed on August 9, 2020, while playing in his neighbor's yard. Hinnant's neighbor, Darius Sessoms, was arrested for the shooting within 24 hours.

What is a cannon shot?

noun. ... Also: (as a count noun) a piece of ammunition shot, or for shooting, from a cannon. 2The shooting or discharging of a cannon. 3The distance a cannon can fire a shot; the range of a cannon. Chiefly in "within cannon-shot", "out of cannon-shot".

How far did cannons shoot?

This is pretty much what most artillery rounds are today. The typical Civil War shell had a range of about 1,500 yards — or just under a mile.