Mississippi attorney general rules fatal police shooting of one-year-old as ‘justified’
Officers responding to an alleged shoplifting call fired into the vehicle of Vellesiya Wiley, killing her son, Kohen
TL;DR
- Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch ruled the fatal police shooting of one-year-old Kohen Wiley as 'justified'.
- The shooting occurred when officers responded to an alleged shoplifting call involving the baby's mother, Vellesiya Wiley.
- An officer, Sgt Hunter Foster, fired into the vehicle, killing Kohen Wiley and wounding Latoya Ferrell.
- The Mississippi bureau of investigation alleged the driver drove towards officers, but an independent autopsy indicated the shot came from the side.
- The family's attorney, Ben Crump, is demanding the release of incident footage and transparency in the investigation.
- This incident follows other controversial events involving the Senatobia police force, including the firing of a police chief for racial slurs and the arrest of a 10-year-old boy.