No charges for Mississippi officer who fatally shot 1-year-old during Walmart shoplifting response
Photo: Straight Arrow NewsMississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch announced this week that no charges will be filed against a Senatobia police officer who fired on a car outside a Walmart on June 14, 2026, killing 1-year-old Kohen Wiley. Fitch's office found the use of force justified. Video shows five officers running out of the store after being told a suspected shoplifter was trying to drive away. They surrounded a silver sedan and repeatedly shouted for the driver to stop. The driver, a friend of Wiley's mother, drove forward and nearly hit an officer, and one officer then opened fire. Police said Wiley was taken to a local hospital and pronounced dead. Attorney Ben Crump said the mother and her friend reject the shoplifting accusations.
Right-leaning outlets had not reported this story at the time of writing, while left-leaning and alternative/independent outlets had. CBS News, on the left, walks through the footage and includes Fitch's statement and Crump's account. Among alternative outlets, TMZ stresses the chaotic bodycam moments, while Straight Arrow News says the footage appears to show shots fired from the side of the car, complicating the state's account.
How the sides differ Left sources stress the video sequence and the attorney general's finding; alternative sources stress chaotic footage and whether it matches the state's account; right sources have not covered it.
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CBS News leads with the body camera and surveillance footage, laying out the sequence of events, and features Attorney General Fitch's statement, police information and the family's lawyer, Ben Crump.
TMZ focuses on the chaotic bodycam moments before the shooting. Straight Arrow News emphasizes that the footage appears to show shots fired from the car's side, challenging the state's account.
Not covering this story. None of the right-leaning outlets Crosswire tracks has reported it yet. What one side leaves out can be as telling as what the others report.