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Shocking final moments of baby captured on police bodycam after his mother and aunt 'shoplifted' at Walmart then drove car at cops who opened fire

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Potter, W. (2026, October 21). Shocking final moments of baby captured on police bodycam after his mother and aunt 'shoplifted' at Walmart then drove car at cops who opened fire. Daily Mail. https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16227837/Kohen-Wiley-Walmart-shot-Mississippi-mom-shoplift-police-footaghe.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

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On June 14 in Senatobia, Mississippi, a one-year-old boy named Kohen Wiley was fatally shot by police during an incident outside a Walmart. His mother Vellesiya Wiley and another woman were allegedly caught shoplifting and attempted to flee the scene in a car. Police bodycam footage shows officers ordering the vehicle to stop; when it accelerated towards them, they fired shots, hitting the child. Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch later announced no charges would be filed against the officers involved, citing justified use of force based on the review by the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation.

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On October 23, 2026, Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch declared that a June 14 shooting by a Senatobia Police Department officer was "justified" after an investigation found no basis for criminal charges against the officer involved. The incident occurred when officers responded to a shoplifting report at a Walmart in Senatobia, Mississippi, leading to the fatal shooting of Kohen Wiley, a 1-year-old child who was in the vehicle driven by his mother’s friend as she attempted to leave the scene.

Bodycam footage released on October 21 revealed that officers surrounded the car and ordered it to stop. When the driver accelerated towards them, one officer opened fire, hitting Kohen Wiley, who was in a rear seat. The child died from the gunshot wound. Hunter Foster, the officer involved, subsequently resigned following pressure from local officials.

Kohen's family disputes this characterization of events, arguing that the use of lethal force against a vehicle with an infant inside constitutes excessive and unjustified violence. Civil rights attorney Ben Crump has called for further scrutiny into the circumstances leading up to the shooting and questioned the justification given by law enforcement.

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Darkhorse Press Mississippi Senatobia Walmart the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation

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Wiley PERSON · 6× Mississippi GPE · 4× Kohen Wiley PERSON · 3× Walmart ORG · 3× Fitch PERSON · 2× Kohen PERSON · 2× Vellesiya Wiley PERSON · 2× Darkhorse Press ORG · 1× Lynn Fitch PERSON · 1× Senatobia GPE · 1×

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The footage, first shared by Darkhorse Press, began with a man running into the Walmart security office to warn the officers an active theft was in progress, as he said: 'Two women are running, two women are running.' Several officers then leapt into action and sprinted to the parking lot, and caught up with Wiley in her vehicle as she appeared to be trying to get away. A group of officers surrounded the mother's vehicle and ordered her repeatedly to 'stop the car', but within seconds her friend who was driving accelerated toward the police and slammed her vehicle into them.

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🔮 The shooting sparked outrage and led to allegations of police brutality, but the release of the footage came as Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch announced no charges would be filed against the officers who opened fire.

2026-10-21 · Daily Mail

Shocking final moments of baby captured on police bodycam after his mother and aunt 'shoplifted' at Walmart then drove car at cops who opened fire · mixed framing

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Chaotic bodycam footage has revealed the moments that led up to the fatal police shooting of a one-year-old boy in a Mississippi parking lot after his mother allegedly tried to flee officers. uncertain

mother → reveal → officers

The tragic episode unfolded June 14 outside a Walmart in Senatobia, Mississippi, where toddler Kohen Wiley was shot dead in a car after his mother Vellesiya Wiley and a friend were allegedly caught shoplifting. uncertain

mother → unfold → car

The shooting sparked outrage and led to allegations of police brutality, but the release of the footage came as Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch announced no charges would be filed against the officers who opened fire. asserted

who → spark → fire

Fitch said a review 'found the use of force was justified', with the footage showing the officers were called into action after Wiley and another woman allegedly stole from the Walmart. uncertain

Wiley → say → Walmart

who → share → them

A number of gunshots rang out as she accelerated forwards, and officials said the one-year-old was shot dead as bullets rattling into the vehicle. asserted

bullets → ring → vehicle

mother → reveal → lot

Kohen Wiley, one, was shot dead in a Walmart parking lot in June after his mother Vellesiya Wiley and her friend were allegedly caught shoplifting and officers opened fire to stop them fleeing Officials said Wiley's friend was the one driving the vehicle, and Wiley claimed that officers knew a baby was in the car because she raised Kohen in the air during the exchange. Wiley's attorney Ben Crump said the two women deny the allegations that they were shoplifting, and neither have been charged with a crime in connection with the incident. Following an investigation into the shooting by the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation, findings presented to the attorney general resulted in no charges being brought against the officers involved. uncertain

charges → shoot → officers

Fitch's office said in a statement this week that the use of force was determined to be 'justified', but did not give details of its reasoning. asserted

use → say → reasoning

Crump previously told the Daily Mail that the officer who shot the toddler, Senatobia Police Sergeant Hunter Foster, had allegedly faced a complaint for making a racially offensive remark just two days before the shooting. uncertain

who → tell → shooting

The footage showed Wiley's mother running out of the Walmart seconds before officers chased after her Kohen Wiley, one, died after a police officer opened fire outside a small town Walmart where they had been responding to a shoplifting call in June. asserted

they → show → June

Kohen is pictured with his mother The infant was fatally shot in the ribcage and was pronounced dead at a local hospital A bullet hole can be seen appearing to have struck the passenger side of the vehicle In a video released days after the shooting, Vellesiya denied that she or her friend stole anything and disputed that her friend, who was driving, headed toward the officers. asserted

who → picture → officers

She also said that she 'raised' her baby up in the air 'to show them (the police officers) that he was in the car'. asserted

he → say → car

However, an officer opened fire, and one of the bullets struck the boy in his rib cage. asserted

one → open → cage

'We left and went to Senatobia Hospital, where he was pronounced dead,' the heartbroken mother said. asserted

mother → leave → Hospital