Mississippi rules officer justified in fatal shooting of baby at Walmart
Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch’s office has ruled that a Senatobia police officer was justified in firing at a car outside a Walmart, killing one-year-old Kohen Wiley. The finding has prompted renewed calls from the child’s family and their lawyer for the release of body-camera footage, which they say is needed to assess the decision.
The shooting happened on 14 June, after officers tried to stop a car whose occupants were suspected of shoplifting nappies and baby clothes. Police said the car accelerated towards officers; Wiley’s mother disputed that account, saying she had shown them her son was inside, while the family’s lawyer cited a preliminary independent autopsy suggesting the bullet entered from the side. The attorney general’s brief statement gave no reasoning for the finding.
- Mississippi’s attorney general ruled the officer’s use of force justified.
- One-year-old Kohen Wiley was killed in the shooting.
- His family’s lawyer is calling for body-camera footage to be released.
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Originally published by Daily Mail as “Fury as report rules Mississippi cops were justified in use of force that killed baby boy after his mom and aunt stole diapers from Walmart then drove car at them”.