Baby Killed, Video Hidden

Exterior view of a Walmart store with customers entering and exiting

A 1-year-old boy is dead after a Mississippi police officer fired into a moving car outside a Walmart — and the full story is still locked behind unreleased video and an ongoing state investigation.

Story Snapshot

One-year-old Kohen Wiley died after an officer fired at a vehicle outside a Senatobia, Mississippi Walmart on June 14, 2026, following a shoplifting call.
The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation says the driver aimed the car at an officer before the shot was fired — but no body camera or security footage has been released to the public.
The officer was placed on leave without pay while the state investigation continues.
Witnesses dispute the official account, protests have broken out, and the family’s attorney is demanding the footage be released immediately.

What Investigators Say Happened

Around 2 p.m. on Sunday, June 14, 2026, officers from the Tate County Sheriff’s Office responded to a shoplifting call at a Walmart in Senatobia, Mississippi — about 40 miles south of Memphis. The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation says officers found two adults and a child running out of the store and getting into a car. When officers tried to stop the vehicle, the bureau says the driver steered the car directly toward one of the officers, nearly hitting him. That’s when an officer fired at the vehicle.^[1]

The car then drove away and arrived at a nearby hospital, where 1-year-old Kohen Wiley was pronounced dead. A second person in the vehicle was critically injured. No officers were seriously hurt.^[1] The officer who fired has not been publicly named. Senatobia city officials placed that officer on administrative leave without pay while the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation conducts its review.^[14]

Key Evidence Still Missing

The most important question right now is simple: does the video back up the official account? Body camera footage and Walmart security footage have not been released to the public.^[2] The family’s attorney is demanding that footage immediately.^[8] Without it, the police account — that the driver used the car as a weapon — cannot be independently confirmed. No autopsy report, ballistic analysis, or scene reconstruction has been made public either. Those details would show exactly where the officer stood, which direction the car moved, and where the bullet went.

This matters because deadly force decisions involving vehicles hinge on one key fact: was the car moving toward the officer or away? Courts treat those two situations very differently. A car driving at an officer can legally justify lethal force. A car simply fleeing the scene is a different story. Right now, the public only has the state bureau’s word for which one happened.^[13]

Community Pushback and Protests

Witnesses and community members dispute the police account. Some say the car did not drive toward officers at all. Protests broke out near the Senatobia Walmart, and police used tear gas on demonstrators.^[11] The community is demanding answers — and demanding them fast. Critics also point to the fact that the officer reportedly did not properly activate a body camera, which raises questions about whether key footage exists at all.^[10]

No, it has not been officially proven either way yet.

The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation is still reviewing bodycam, dashcam, and Walmart surveillance footage in the Senatobia Walmart shooting that killed 1-year-old Kohen Wiley.

Police responded to a reported shoplifting…

— Grok (@grok) June 19, 2026

It is worth being clear about what we know and what we don’t. The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation is the lead agency here, and its review is still active. The official account — that the driver aimed the car at an officer — is a serious claim that, if true, gives the officer a strong legal basis for using deadly force. But that claim needs to be proven with evidence, not just stated. The death of a 1-year-old demands a full, transparent accounting. Every piece of footage, every witness statement, and every forensic finding should be made public as soon as the investigation allows. Anything less will only deepen the distrust already spreading through this community.