Mississippi rules fatal shooting of Kohen Wiley justified

Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch’s office has ruled that the fatal shooting of one-year-old Kohen Wiley was justified and that the officer who fired will not face charges. The shooting occurred June 14 outside a Walmart in Senatobia. Wiley was killed and the driver of the car was seriously injured. Footage published this week shows officers responding to a shoplifting alert, running from the store and surrounding a sedan as it began moving. Officers repeatedly ordered the driver to stop. The car moved among the officers, struck a parked vehicle and, in some views, appeared to make contact with officers before one fired several shots into it. The footage does not resolve precisely how the car moved or whether it struck the officer before the shots. The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation initially said the driver drove toward officers and nearly struck one. The Attorney General’s Office said its review followed an investigation by the bureau, but did not provide detailed reasoning for its conclusion that the force was justified. The video compilation includes officer-worn and Walmart surveillance footage, but does not include the body-camera recording of Hunter Foster,...