Mississippi AG says officer’s force was justified during shoplifting call in which boy was killed
The family is demanding body-camera and surveillance video as attorneys dispute police claims that the car moved toward officers.
- On Monday, the Mississippi Office of the Attorney General announced that a Senatobia Police Department officer's use of force was justified in the June 14, 2026, shooting death of 1-year-old Kohen Wiley.
- Responding to a shoplifting call at Walmart on U.S. 51, Senatobia Police Department officers alleged the vehicle drove toward them, prompting an officer to fire into the car, according to the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation.
- Citing a preliminary independent autopsy, Attorney Ben Crump disputed the official account, stating the bullet entered Kohen's body from the side rather than the front as officials claimed.
- No criminal charges will be filed against officer Hunter Foster, though his employment status with the Senatobia Police Department remained unclear as of Monday, October 19, 2026.
- The shooting adds to recent departmental controversies, including the firing of Senatobia Police Chief Harold Vanderford over racist text messages and a prior Taser incident in the same parking lot.
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Bodycam shows moment Mississippi cop opens fire on fleeing ‘shoplifters,’ killing 1-year-old boy — as AG says it was ‘justified’
Little Kohen Wiley was tragically killed in June when a police officer fired shots into a car the boy was riding inside as the child's mom was allegedly fleeing cops in Senatobia, according to law enforcement officials.
Leaked video shows moments leading up to deadly Senatobia police shooting of 1-year-old Kohen Wiley
Action News 5 obtained leaked body-camera and surveillance video showing the moments leading up to the Senatobia police shooting that killed 1-year-old Kohen Wiley on June 14.
Mississippi police fired at a car outside a department store after a suspected shoplifting incident. A one-year-old boy inside the car was killed. The police's actions were justified, according to Lynn Fitch, the state's attorney general.
A Mississippi state attorney general has ruled that police were justified in shooting at a car and killing a one-year-old boy. The family is seeking the release of police body-cam footage.
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