Public Safety · Senatobia, MS
Mississippi AG Finds Use of Force Justified in Fatal Shooting of 1-Year-Old Kohen Wiley
Mississippi's attorney general concluded that a Senatobia police officer was justified in firing into a moving vehicle during a mid-June shoplifting call, killing 1-year-old Kohen Wiley and injuring his mother's friend. The family's attorney, civil rights lawyer Ben Crump, disputed the finding, citing a preliminary independent autopsy indicating the child was shot from the side rather than the front, and called for release of body-camera footage that has not been made public. Independent use-of-force experts quoted in the article suggested shooting into moving vehicles is contrary to best practices. The incident follows prior confrontations between Senatobia police and Black residents, including a former police chief fired after reports he used racist slurs in private messages.