Kohen Wiley: Police Kill a 1-Year-Old in Senatobia, MS Over a Shoplifting Call
On June 14, 2026, 1-year-old Kohen Wiley was shot and killed by a Senatobia, Mississippi police officer in a Walmart parking lot after a shoplifting call over a box of diapers. Officers say the car drove toward an officer; witnesses say it was driving away. Kohen’s mother was holding him in the passenger seat, and another adult in the car was critically wounded. No one has been arrested, the officer is on administrative leave, and the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation is reviewing the case. Big O, Big El, and Krush break down the killing, the holes in the official story, and what real accountability would look like.
What We Covered
What is known so far: on June 14, 2026, Senatobia police responded to a Walmart shoplifting call involving two adults and a child; the family’s lawyer identified the adults as Kohen’s mother and a family friend. Authorities say the vehicle drove toward an officer, nearly hitting him, and an officer fired into the car. Multiple witnesses describe the car driving away with officers chasing on foot. Kohen was pronounced dead at a hospital; an adult was critically wounded; no officers were injured. No one has been arrested — not for the alleged shoplifting, not for the shooting. The officer is on administrative leave, the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation is handling the case, and Public Safety Commissioner Sean Tindell has promised transparency.
Key Takeaways
The hosts question how a shoplifting call over diapers ends with a dead baby and no arrests. They argue that big-box stores like Walmart are among the most heavily surveilled places in any city, so if police truly had evidence the car was used as a weapon, they would have released it. They connect the case to a broader pattern of police use of force against Black families and call for full transparency, the release of surveillance and body-camera footage, and real accountability rather than a closed investigation.
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A shattered window and a bullet hole in the windshield — the aftermath of a deadly police shooting in Senatobia, Mississippi that killed one-year-old Kohen Wiley. On June 14, 2026, a Senatobia police officer shot and killed Kohen, a one-year-old Black boy, in a Walmart parking lot. The stated justification was an alleged shoplifting call involving a box of diapers. According to investigators, officers responded to a shoplifting call involving two adults and a child; the two adults, identified by the family’s lawyer as the boy’s mother and her friend, tried to drive away, allegedly driving toward and nearly hitting an officer. Another officer then fired at the car. The trio ended up at a hospital, where the one-year-old was pronounced dead and one adult suffered critical injuries. No officers were injured.
The family is demanding answers. ‘My grandson is gone. I just want justice.’ The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation is investigating. The official story is that the car drove toward an officer, but multiple witnesses say the car was driving away with officers chasing on foot before shots were fired. Kohen’s mother was in the passenger seat holding the child; another adult was driving and was critically wounded. So far there have been no arrests — not for the alleged shoplifting, not for the shooting.
The hosts question how this level of force could ever be justified over a box of diapers in a heavily surveilled Walmart parking lot. They note that if police truly had evidence the car was used as a weapon, they would likely have released it. Commissioner Sean Tindell of the Mississippi Department of Public Safety explained that, under 2022 legislation, the MBI investigates all officer-involved shootings and turns its files over to the Attorney General, who decides whether to present the case to a grand jury. The hosts argue that retail and security staff are trained never to chase shoplifters, that low-value shoplifting is often a misdemeanor, and that none of it justifies a dead child. They call for transparency, the release of surveillance and body-camera footage, and real accountability. (Auto-generated transcript, lightly edited for readability.)
