Overview
- A Senatobia police officer fired into a vehicle in a Walmart parking lot on June 14, killing 1-year-old Kohen Wiley and critically wounding an adult passenger.
- The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation is leading the inquiry, the involved officer has been placed on administrative leave, and investigators have collected but not publicly released video or identified the officer.
- Kohen’s family held a rally and news conference on June 22 with attorneys Ben Crump and Van Turner, announced an independent autopsy, and demanded immediate release of body-worn camera, dash-camera and store surveillance footage.
- Official statements say the car moved toward officers and nearly struck one before shots were fired while the family says the vehicle was driving away, making video release central to reconciling the competing accounts.
- Policing experts say firing into moving vehicles is highly risky, and the public protests and Walmart boycott in Senatobia could lead to criminal charges, civil suits, or departmental policy reviews depending on the investigation’s findings.