Mississippi officer put on leave after killing baby in car outside Walmart

[WhiskeyGrinder]

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/17/mississippi-police-walmart-shooting

A Mississippi police officer has been placed on administrative leave after a shooting while responding to an alleged shoplifting complaint killed a one-year-old child – and prompted local protests.

Demonstrations erupted in Senatobia after the police killing on Sunday of Kohen Wiley. That included Tuesday evening, when protesters gathered outside Senatobia city hall while municipal officials held a meeting inside.

As tensions escalated, law enforcement officers wearing gas masks formed a line in front of the Walmart where protests also took place on Tuesday – and deployed an irritant colloquially referred to as teargas toward demonstrators, forcing people at the scene to disperse.

Police had on Sunday responded to a report alleging someone attempted to steal a box of diapers from the Senatobia Walmart. An officer fired a gun at a vehicle before it left the scene, according to the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation (MBI).

[marble falls]

1. Leave? Why not lock up?

[MarineCombatEngineer]

2. Dollars to donuts that on Admin. leave with pay, I mean, after all, isn't this the way

it usually is?
I agree, this cop should be in custody now, not on a paid leave, which is usually a vacation.

[marble falls]

3. Because he's 'alleged' to have fired a shot because "she was trying to run him down". Funny hows there no ...

... video of that. He needed to be hooked up, locked up, charged.

[EX500rider]

5. Wasn't aware the police dash cam & body cam footage had been released, has it?

[marble falls]

7. I don't think so, but bystanders were videoing the event. There's also WalMart's security cameras. I am sure the ...

... the family has engaged an attorney and there will be moves to get to that footage as well of the cop footage. This will be very hard to sweep under the rug. The worms will not fit back into the can.

[jmowreader]

4. Cthulhu eat me now. How damn expensive are diapers at Mississippi Walmarts anyway?

In what world does a shoplifting call justify firing tear gas?

[marble falls]

8. The mother of the two women claims the diapers were paid for. Walmart has a history of accusing innocent shoppers.

[kentuck]

6. Did they take away his TV for a week?

Unbelievable what these people get away with!

[marble falls]

10. All a cop has to do is claim he saw a weapon and stick to the story no matter what and they walk. The law needs ...

... changing. The cops get a huge loophole to escape justice. They have a rubber stamp that wears out often: justified shooting.

[Torchlight]

9. Disporportional Response would be much more accurate than In God We Trust

as our national bumper-sticker and t-shirt slogan, as our behavior relfects the one, not so much the other.

[purr-rat beauty]

11. Should be in custody...

He KILLED a child.