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Bodycam shows moment Mississippi cop opens fire on fleeing ‘shoplifters,’ killing 1-year-old boy — as AG says it was ‘justified’

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O'Neill, N. (2026, October 21). Bodycam shows moment Mississippi cop opens fire on fleeing ‘shoplifters,’ killing 1-year-old boy — as AG says it was ‘justified’. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/10/21/us-news/kohen-wiley-shooting-revealed-in-police-bodycam-video/

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Police body camera footage released Tuesday shows moments leading up to when a Mississippi police officer shot into a fleeing vehicle in Senatobia on June 14, killing one-year-old Kohen Wiley. The Attorney General later deemed the use of force "justified." According to officials and local media reports, the incident occurred after officers responded to a shoplifting call at Walmart and chased Vellesiya Wiley’s car as she allegedly tried to evade them. As police closed in, one officer fired into the vehicle, striking Kohen; the driver and passenger were also critically injured. The family's lawyer, Ben Crump, called for transparency in the case.

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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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Police body camera footage reveals the moment a Mississippi cop opened fire on fleeing shoplifting suspects in a Walmart parking lot — and shot dead a 1-year-old boy. asserted

cop → reveal → boy

The state Attorney General deemed the use of force “justified” on Monday. Little Kohen Wiley was tragically killed in June when a police officer fired shots into a car the boy was riding inside as the child’s mom was allegedly fleeing cops in Senatobia, according to law enforcement officials. uncertain

mom → deem → officials

Footage released Tuesday shows five police officers bolting into a the Walmart parking lot as they chase a grey sedan with two women inside. asserted

they → release → women

The vehicle reverses and nearly hits one officer, before slamming into a parked car. asserted

vehicle → reverse → car

As cops run toward it, one officer shouts, “Stop the car right now!” according to the footage. uncertain

officer → run → footage

Cops close in and surround the vehicle. asserted

Cops → close → vehicle

The driver then accelerates toward the officers. asserted

driver → accelerate → officers

One cop then opens fire into the car as the vehicle appears to strike him, the footage shows. asserted

footage → open → him

Hunter Foster, an officer who chased the car, was placed on leave while authorities investigated his actions, according to mississippitoday.com While Foster has not been directly named as the officer who opened fire, he was the only cop at the scene who was placed on leave, the outlet reported. uncertain

outlet → chase → leave

The stunning footage was captured on body cameras worn by two of the five officers and by surveillance cameras. asserted

footage → capture → cameras

“In this incident, the Attorney General’s Office found the use of force was justified,” the attorney general’s office said in a statement on Monday. asserted

office → find → Monday

The toddler was struck by the officer’s bullet in the right side of his torso — and the shooting was ruled “homicide” by an independent pathologist, the family’s prominent lawyer, Ben Crump, said at a press conference Monday. asserted

lawyer → strike → conference

“God help them if it’s not a life or death situation and you shot into a moving vehicle with an infant baby,” Crump said. asserted

Crump → help → baby

Crump — a civil rights attorney who famously represented the families of George Floyd, Michael Brown and Breonna Taylor — added in a statement, “We will not stop fighting until this family gets the truth.” asserted

family → represent → truth

The gut-wrenching shooting unfolded after Senatobia Police officers responded to a shoplifting call at the store on June 14, the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation has said. asserted

Bureau → wrench → Investigation

Police had suspected that the boy’s mom, Vellesiya Wiley, and her friend, Latoya Ferrell, were stealing diapers and baby clothes from the Walmart, according to police records. uncertain

mom → suspect → records

Officers say they tried to stop the vehicle as the driver allegedly drove toward them, prompting the cop to open fire, the Bureau said. uncertain

Bureau → say → fire

The toddler was killed and the driver and Ferrell were critically injured, officials said. asserted

officials → kill → ?

A photo shows that the car’s passenger window was shattered by an apparent bullet and a hole in the windshield. asserted

window → show → windshield

Bodycam shows moment Mississippi cop opens fire on fleeing ‘shoplifters,’ killing 1-year-old boy — as AG says it was ‘justified’

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