He should be alive. Only one year on this earth. Gone for what you may ask. A misdemeanor. Kohen was not collateral. He was a victim of the state. No parent wants to outlive their children. Yet that is the burden his parents now carry. A lifetime of silence now awaits. A punishment courtesy of the state. An ending that should never have come. One more case. One more count . In a ledger that has no end. A coffin so small Lifted by tiny hands. We truly are the damned.
A minor property dispute in Mississippi escalated into lethal force against a family vehicle. Kohen Wiley should still be alive.
On June 14, 2026, Senatobia police responded to a shoplifting call at a Walmart in Mississippi. They fired into a vehicle in the parking lot, killing one-year-old Kohen Kartier Wiley and critically wounding the driver.
Kohen was sitting on his mother’s lap. He had nothing to do with any alleged theft. The family states the diapers were paid for and they were leaving the store. His mother tried to show officers that her baby was inside the car.
Police opened fire anyway.
The Official Claim
The officer claimed the vehicle was accelerating toward him. That claim does not change the fact that deadly force was used on a car containing a one-year-old child over a minor property dispute.
This was not a tragic accident. It was police escalation of a low-level call into lethal force against a family vehicle with an infant inside.
Demands for Accountability
Protests have already begun in Senatobia as the community demands answers. Kohen’s family, represented by attorney Ben Crump, is demanding:
The immediate release of police body camera footage
The release of Walmart surveillance video
An independent autopsy
The officer involved has been placed on leave while the state investigates.
