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The family of a 1-year-old Mississippi boy says video shows his killing by police was not justified

Katherine Langford
Editor-in-Chief · Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 10:16 PM · 1 min read
The family of a 1-year-old Mississippi boy says video shows his killing by police was not justified — WPLG Local 10, Key Biscayne Government news
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The family of a 1-year-old boy who was fatally shot when a police officer fired into a moving vehicle in Mississippi said Thursday they do not believe the shooting was justified after reviewing videos from officers' body-worn cameras at the scene.Kohen Wiley's close relatives watched the footage shot during the June encounter in a Walmart parking lot in Senatobia, about 40 miles (65 kilometers) south of Memphis, Tennessee. The video included footage from the camera worn by the Senatobia police officer who shot and killed Kohen.Kohen would have celebrated his second birthday in early November, civil rights attorney Ben Crump, who is representing Kohen’s family, said during a news conference Thursday.Earlier this week, a state investigation cleared Sgt. Hunter Foster of criminal wrongdoing in the shooting that happened as he and other officers chased two women accused of shoplifting. The Mississippi Attorney General's Office said its review found the fatal shooting was a justified use of

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