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What We Know About the Killing of Kohen Wiley
The Cut • • nation
Key Points:
- Police in Senatobia, Mississippi, shot at a car in a Walmart parking lot after responding to a shoplifting call, resulting in the death of 1-year-old Kohen Wiley.
- Wiley was in the car with his mother, Vellesiya, and her friend, who was driving and sustained serious injuries; Vellesiya was unharmed.
- The Mississippi Department of Public Safety stated officers fired after the vehicle allegedly drove toward them, nearly striking one officer; the shooter is on administrative leave and an investigation is ongoing.
- Civil rights attorney Ben Crump, representing Wiley’s family, condemned the shooting, emphasizing that Wiley’s mother tried to alert officers to the baby’s presence and that no charges have been filed against her.
- Vellesiya disputes the shoplifting accusation and the claim that the driver tried to hit officers, stating officers approached with guns drawn and shot despite her showing the baby in the car.
