Overview
- Law enforcement fired on a vehicle during a shoplifting response on June 14, leaving 1-year-old Kohen Wiley dead and an adult critically injured.
- The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation is leading an independent probe and has gathered body-worn camera and Walmart surveillance footage for review by the state attorney general.
- Senatobia city officials placed the officer who fired on administrative leave and have declined to release video until the MBI completes its investigation.
- Kohen’s mother and several witnesses dispute the official account that the car drove toward officers and say she raised the baby to show he was inside the vehicle; the family has retained civil-rights attorneys Ben Crump and Van Turner.
- The shooting has prompted protests in the town and renewed scrutiny of local policing practices after previous controversial encounters between Senatobia officers and Black residents, and it could lead to criminal or policy reviews once the investigation is complete.