Overview
- Officers fired into a vehicle at a Senatobia Walmart after a shoplifting call, and a 1‑year‑old, Kohen Wiley, was killed and an adult passenger critically injured during the June 14 encounter.
- Family‑commissioned preliminary autopsy released July 1 reports a shotgun wound that entered on the child’s right side and exited the left and lists the manner of death as homicide.
- State investigators say the driver moved toward officers before a shot was fired, but the family and their attorneys say the car was leaving and point to side‑entry wounds and shattered passenger glass as inconsistent with that account.
- The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation is leading a continuing probe, has collected but is withholding body‑cam, dashcam and store footage, and the officer who fired remains on administrative leave.
- Community protests and calls for transparency have grown, and experts say investigators will need to match vehicle position, shooter location, bullet trajectories and car damage to reach firm conclusions that could shape criminal or civil outcomes.