Police body camera footage shows fatal shooting of one-year-old

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 22 Oct, 03:32 · Archive

Body camera video shows a Mississippi police officer shooting and killing a one-year-old boy during a pursuit of shoplifting suspects in a Walmart car park.

Police body camera footage released by Darkhorse Press and verified by CBS News shows the moments before a one-year-old boy was shot and killed in a Walmart car park in Senatobia, Mississippi on 14 June. Officers responded to an alleged shoplifting call involving two women, Vellesiya Wiley and Latoya Ferrell. The footage shows officers pursuing their vehicle as it attempted to leave the car park. When the driver accelerated towards the officers, multiple gunshots were fired. Kohen Wiley, Vellesiya's one-year-old son, was struck and killed in the exchange.

Vellesiya claimed she attempted to show officers that a baby was in the car during the incident, saying: 'I raised my baby up, trying to show that he was in the car.' Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch confirmed that the officers who opened fire would not face any charges. A review of the shooting found that 'the use of force was justified'.

How it is being reported

• Final moments of toddler, 1, captured on CCTV before tragic fatal police shootingThe footage shows the final moments before police shot and killed a one-year-old boy after an alleged shoplifting incident in Mississippi outside a Walmart storeThe Mirror · 22 Oct, 03:16
• Body cam video shows moments before Mississippi officer shot, killed one-year-oldPolice body camera video posted by Darkhorse Press and verified by CBS News shows what happened moments before a Mississippi police officer shot and killed a one-year-old boy in pursuit of shoplifting suspects in a Walmart parking lot.CBS News · 22 Oct, 00:47

In this story: Mississippi · Walmart · Kohen Wiley · Vellesiya Wiley · Latoya Ferrell · Lynn Fitch

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