Family Identifies 1-Year-Old Killed in Senatobia, Mississippi, Officer-Involved Shooting
Kohen Kartier Wiley was named by his family after the June 14 shooting outside a Walmart on U.S. Highway 51.
2 reports on this incident · first at Aug 17, 2026, 9:28 p.m. ET
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Aug 17, 2026, 9:28 p.m. ETFirst report
One-year-old killed in officer-involved shooting outside Senatobia, Mississippi, Walmart
A 1-year-old boy was killed on June 14, 2026, during an officer-involved shooting outside the Walmart on U.S. Highway 51 in Senatobia, Mississippi, according to the Independent Political Report. The child was identified as Kohen Kartier Wiley, 1 year old, by his family, including his mother, Vellesiya Wiley.
Officers were responding to a shoplifting call at the Walmart on U.S. Highway 51, where they encountered two adults and a child leaving in a vehicle. A statement from the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation carried by local media puts the number injured at 1. The material on the record names only the child.
Three agencies are listed as responding: the Senatobia Police Department, the Tate County Sheriff's Office and the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation. The location is given to the level of the venue — the Walmart on U.S. Highway 51 in Senatobia.
The Independent Political Report states that Kohen Kartier Wiley was killed during the officer-involved shooting outside the Walmart on June 14, and that on June 23 the Communist Party USA issued a statement saying that "under no circumstances" should theft result in someone being killed.
This remains a developing matter, and the account above is limited to what has been placed on the record so far. It carries no account of what preceded the shooting, no further detail about the two adults in the vehicle, and nothing that reconciles the death of the child with the figure of 1 injured in the bureau statement.
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