Video shows police actions leading up to fatal shooting of 1-year-old in car outside Mississippi Walmart

October 21, 2026 / 2:08 PM EDT / CBS News

Body camera and surveillance footage from the fatal police shooting of a 1-year-old boy show the moments several police officers rush out of a Mississippi Walmart and open fire as a driver accused of shoplifting tries to pull out of the parking lot.

Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch announced this week that no charges would be filed against the officer who opened fire on the car, striking and killing Kohen Wiley in the June 14 incident.

"Today, the Office of the Attorney General announced it has completed the review of a June 14, 2026 incident in Senatobia involving one officer with the Senatobia Police Department," Fitch said in a statement. "In this incident, the Attorney General's Office found the use of force was justified."

The video shows five law enforcement officers running out of the Walmart after being informed a shoplifter is attempting to drive away. When they reach the silver-colored sedan, they surround it and shout repeatedly to "stop the car." The woman driving the car, a friend of Wiley's mother, instead drives forward and nearly hits one of the officers. It is at this point that one of…

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