# Police shooting of 1-year-old ruled justified in Mississippi

> Body camera footage shows officers opening fire on a car fleeing a Walmart, killing Kohen Wiley, one year old. The state says the force was justified.
- Title: Police shooting of 1-year-old ruled justified in Mississippi
- Summary: Body camera footage shows officers opening fire on a car fleeing a Walmart, killing Kohen Wiley, one year old. The state says the force was justified…
- Keywords: kohen wiley, senatobia police department, mississippi, police shooting, lynn fitch, ben crump, vellesiya wiley, news, Police, shooting, 1-year-old, ruled
- Source: CBS News — https://cbsnews.com/news/video-police-officer-fatally-shooting-toddler-mississippi-walmart
- Author: Mark  Osborne
- Published: 2026-10-21T23:57:00+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: kohen wiley, senatobia police department, mississippi, police shooting, lynn fitch, ben crump, vellesiya wiley, news
## One year old killed in parking lot
Body camera and surveillance footage show five police officers surrounding a silver sedan at a Mississippi Walmart on June 14. One officer opens fire, striking and killing Kohen Wiley, one year old, inside the car.
## Officers fired as car pulled away
Officers rushed from the Walmart after learning a shoplifter was attempting to drive away.When they reached the sedan, they surrounded it and shouted to stop.The driver moved forward and nearly hit one officer.
## Family denies shoplifting charge
Kohen's mother and her friend, who was driving, reject accusations they were shoplifting and have not been charged with any crime.His mother held Kohen in her lap.

> I watched my baby take his first breath and I watched my baby take his last breath.
## State rules shooting was justified
Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch announced this week that no charges would be filed against the officer.

> the use of force was justified
## Family demands footage release
Lawyer Ben Crump called the conclusion unacceptable and demanded body camera footage be released.He noted the Senatobia police chief was recently fired for allegedly using racial slurs.

> How can anyone accept that conclusion when Kohen's family and the public still have not been allowed to see the body-camera footage?
## Key takeaway

Mississippi's attorney general ruled a police officer's fatal shooting of one-year-old Kohen Wiley during a Walmart parking lot incident on June 14 was justified use of force.