Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch says police were justified in the fatal shooting of 1-year-old Kohen Wiley during an incident in Senatobia, four months after the death. In a statement issued Monday, Fitch’s office announced it will not pursue criminal charges against the officer involved after reviewing the investigation.
The shooting occurred in mid-June at or near a Walmart parking lot, where officers responded to an alleged shoplifting call. Multiple outlets report that officers fired at a car while the infant was in or near the driver’s area of the vehicle; Kohen Wiley was killed, and a friend of his mother, who was also in the car, was injured. Outlets also note that the mother and friend have not been charged, and some reporting says officials have not released evidence supporting the shoplifting allegation.
The different coverage focuses on what the AG determined—justification and no criminal charges—while the broader details of the underlying shoplifting claim and whether evidence was publicly released remain points of attention across reports.
