Mississippi releases video showing fatal shooting of 1-year-old boy by police officer
State investigators cleared the officer, but the family says the footage shows he fired without justification and calls for federal review continue.
- On Thursday, the family of 1-year-old Kohen Wiley rejected the state's justification for his death after reviewing police body-camera footage from the June shooting.
- Sgt. Hunter Foster fired into a moving vehicle at a Senatobia Walmart in June during a pursuit of two women accused of shoplifting, located about 40 miles south of Memphis, Tennessee.
- Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch's office cleared Foster of criminal wrongdoing, though civil rights attorney Ben Crump disputes this, arguing the officer was not in imminent danger.
- Veronica Roberson, Kohen's maternal grandmother, called the lack of notice and leaked footage a 'slap in the face,' while the family demanded a federal investigation into the shooting.
- Crump argued that police displayed 'excessive and reckless' force during a misdemeanor shoplifting investigation, with community leaders characterizing the toddler's death as an instance of social injustice.
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Body-camera footage released in police shooting of Mississippi 1-year-old as family speaks out
The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation released the body camera footage of the fatal police shooting of 1-year-old Kohen Wiley in a Walmart parking lot in Senatobia.
Mississippi officer put himself in harm’s way before fatally shooting 1-year-old Kohen Wiley, experts say
A screenshot from leaked bodycam footage of the June 14 encounter in a Walmart parking lot that led to the fatal shooting of 1-year-old Kohen Wiley by a Senatobia police officer. Credit: Darkhorse Press via YouTube
Kohen Wiley shooting: Senatobia cop, Hunter Foster, resigns after body camera footage released in fatal shooting of 1-year-old
Senatobia police officer, Hunter Foster, fired three shots during a Walmart parking lot confrontation in June which killed 1-year-old Kohen Wiley.
The Mississippi authorities released on Thursday a video showing the fatal shooting of a 1-year-old boy by a policeman who opened fire when he dodged the car driven by a family friend.
Mississippi Broadcasts Video of a One-Year-Old Boy's Fatal Shooting at the Hands of a Police Officer
A state investigation concluded that the officer had committed no crime, but the family lawyer claims that he made an unjustified and reckless use of force.
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