1-year-old child killed and 1 person injured after Mississippi police shoot at car
The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation is reviewing witness accounts and video as the boy’s family disputes police claims about the vehicle’s movement.
- On June 14, a Senatobia police officer fatally shot 1-year-old Kohen Wiley while responding to a shoplifting call at a Walmart in Senatobia, Mississippi, critically injuring a woman in the vehicle.
- Law enforcement claims officers opened fire after the driver allegedly accelerated toward them, nearly striking one; the family disputes the shoplifting allegation and contends the mother was signaling the child's presence.
- Attorney Ben Crump released a video of mother Vellesiya Wiley stating she held her son up to show officers he was present, while photos of the vehicle show multiple bullet holes in the windshield.
- Following protests on June 16, Senatobia officials placed the involved officer on administrative leave, while law enforcement deployed tear gas against demonstrators outside the Walmart and City Hall.
- The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation is conducting an independent probe, with findings to be submitted to the Mississippi Attorney General's Office to determine if criminal charges are warranted.
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Baby killed by police shooting into car fleeing from Walmart — cops say shoplifting driver tried to run them over
A protest against police was broken up with tear gas over the lethal police shooting of a 1-year-old baby at a Walmart in Mississippi on Sunday.Police said the driver was trying to run over officers who were investigating an alleged shoplifting incident at the store in Senatobia.'By the time I set my baby down, it was like three to four shots. ... One of the shots hit him in his rib cage, and the other shots hit her in her arm and her thigh.'Ben…
Shoplift Call Ends In Gunfire
A one-year-old boy is dead because a shoplifting call at a Mississippi Walmart turned into police gunfire in a crowded parking lot. Story Snapshot A routine shoplifting call ended with an officer shooting into a car, killing a one-year-old and critically injuring a woman. Police say the driver sped toward an officer, but the family...
Police Tear Gas Protesters After Killing 1-Year-Old in Mississippi
On Tuesday, hundreds marched through downtown Senatobia, Mississippi, in protest of the police murder of 1-year-old Kohen Wiley two days prior. Police responded to the protest, which stopped in front of the local Walmart and continued to grow in size, by teargassing the protesters. On Sunday afternoon, police officers shot and killed 1-year-old Kohen in a car outside of the Walmart. Source
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Officer involved in shooting outside Walmart that killed 1-year-old boy placed on leave
Kohen Wiley is seen in an undated photo released by Ben Crump Law. (Courtesy Ben Crump Law) (SENATOBIA, Miss.) — An officer who fired upon a vehicle, killing a 1-year-old boy, outside a Walmart in Mississippi has been placed on administrative leave, officials said, as outraged community members call for justice amid an ongoing investigation into the deadly shooting. The incident occurred Sunday afternoon outside a Walmart in Senatobia, located i…
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