Mississippi AG Clears Police in Fatal Shooting of 1-Year-old
WHO:
The Intercept - Kohen Wiley’s family said they had never heard from investigators who concluded that police did no wrong.
NPR - Mississippi’s attorney general said the use of force was justified.
Truthout - The shooting involved police and a 1-year-old child.
WHAT:
NY Post - Body-camera footage showed the moments before the officer opened fire on fleeing shoplifting suspects.
NY Post - The attorney general’s office said in a statement, “In this incident, the Attorney General's Office found the use of force was justified.”
CBS News US - The Mississippi attorney general announced that the police officer will not be charged in connection with the killing of 1-year-old Kohen Wiley.
The Intercept - Mississippi has not released evidence supporting its claim that a “thorough and impartial” review found the shooting “justified.”
NPR - A toddler was killed in a police shooting, and Mississippi’s attorney general said the use of force was “justified.”
Truthout - Mississippi’s attorney general declared the police shooting of a 1-year-old “Justified.”
WHERE:
Truthout - The shooting was associated with Senatobia, Mississippi.
WHY:
NPR - The shooting occurred after a shoplifting.
Truthout - The article described the shooting as part of a pattern of racist police violence against Black residents of Senatobia, Mississippi.
(UPDATED October 21, 2026 21:19 UTC)
Mississippi’s attorney general says a police officer will not be charged in the killing of 1-year-old Kohen Wiley, ruling the use of force justified. The shooting happened near Senatobia after police pursued suspects fleeing a shoplifting incident. Body-camera footage shows the moments before the officer opened fire. The attorney general’s office said its review found the force was justified, but the state has not released evidence supporting its conclusion that the review was thorough and impartial. Wiley’s family says investigators never contacted them, despite concluding police did nothing wrong. The case has drawn attention to the killing of a toddler by police and concerns about racist police violence against Black residents in Senatobia.
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(UPDATED October 21, 2026 19:18 UTC)
Mississippi’s attorney general says a police officer will not be charged in the killing of 1-year-old Kohen Wiley, ruling that the shooting was justified. The shooting took place in Senatobia after a shoplifting incident. Wiley’s family says investigators never contacted them, even though officials concluded police had done nothing wrong. The attorney general has described the review as thorough and impartial, but Mississippi has not released evidence supporting that claim or its finding that the use of force was justified. The case has drawn attention to the death of a toddler during a police encounter and concerns about police violence against Black residents of Senatobia. The family’s account and the state’s decision have left key questions about the investigation unanswered.
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(UPDATED October 21, 2026 17:23 UTC)
A 1-year-old child, Kohen Wiley, was killed in a police shooting associated with Senatobia, Mississippi, after a shoplifting incident. Mississippi’s attorney general has said the officers’ use of force was justified, and the state says a review found the shooting justified. But Mississippi has not released evidence to support its claim that the review was thorough and impartial. Wiley’s family says investigators never contacted them, even though authorities concluded police did nothing wrong. The case has raised questions about how the state reached its finding and whether the family was included in the process. The shooting has also been described as part of a broader pattern of racist police violence against Black residents of Senatobia.
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(UPDATED October 21, 2026 16:20 UTC)
A 1-year-old child was killed in a police shooting associated with Senatobia, Mississippi. The state’s attorney general said the use of force was justified, a decision that has drawn attention because the victim was a toddler. The shooting happened after a shoplifting incident, according to the details available. The case has also been described as part of a broader pattern of racist police violence against Black residents of Senatobia. The child’s age and the circumstances surrounding the encounter have brought renewed focus to how police respond to suspected shoplifting. The attorney general’s declaration addresses the use of force, but the facts provided do not offer further details about the incident or the basis for that determination. The shooting involved police and a 1-year-old child.