1-year-old child killed and 1 person injured after Mississippi police shoot at car
The officer remains unidentified as the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation reviews the shooting and the officer is on administrative leave, authorities said.
- On June 14, 2026, a Senatobia Police Department officer fatally shot 1-year-old Kohen Wiley in a Walmart parking lot on U.S. 51 during a response to an alleged shoplifting call.
- Authorities claim the driver steered toward officers, justifying the use of force; Vellesiya Wiley disputes this account, asserting she signaled officers that her child was inside before shots were fired.
- The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation launched an independent probe, placing the involved officer on administrative leave while Commissioner Sean Tindell stated body camera footage remains withheld until investigation completion.
- On Tuesday, community members gathered at Senatobia City Hall and the Walmart to demand accountability; law enforcement deployed tear gas to disperse the crowds during the demonstrations.
- Civil rights attorney Ben Crump, representing the family, demanded a thorough investigation, as the incident intensifies scrutiny of the Senatobia Police Department's history of controversial arrests and use of force.
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Police shooting of 1-year-old Mississippi boy ignites tension between police and Black residents
A police shooting in Senatobia, Miss., that left a 1-year-old child dead has ignited simmering tensions between police and Black residents in the town of 8,000.
Shoplift Call Ends In Gunfire
A one-year-old boy is dead because a shoplifting call at a Mississippi Walmart turned into police gunfire in a crowded parking lot. Story Snapshot A routine shoplifting call ended with an officer shooting into a car, killing a one-year-old and critically injuring a woman. Police say the driver sped toward an officer, but the family...
Baby killed by police shooting into car fleeing from Walmart — cops say shoplifting driver tried to run them over
A protest against police was broken up with tear gas over the lethal police shooting of a 1-year-old baby at a Walmart in Mississippi on Sunday.Police said the driver was trying to run over officers who were investigating an alleged shoplifting incident at the store in Senatobia.'By the time I set my baby down, it was like three to four shots. ... One of the shots hit him in his rib cage, and the other shots hit her in her arm and her thigh.'Ben…
Police Tear Gas Protesters After Killing 1-Year-Old in Mississippi
On Tuesday, hundreds marched through downtown Senatobia, Mississippi, in protest of the police murder of 1-year-old Kohen Wiley two days prior. Police responded to the protest, which stopped in front of the local Walmart and continued to grow in size, by teargassing the protesters. On Sunday afternoon, police officers shot and killed 1-year-old Kohen in a car outside of the Walmart. Source
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