Fire at Mississippi police station under investigation as arson

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 5 Nov, 15:50 · Archive

A fire broke out at Senatobia police department in Mississippi in early October, being investigated as arson.

A fire broke out at Senatobia police department in Mississippi in the early hours of 31 October and is being investigated as arson by agents with the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. An arrest related to the fire was made on Monday, but no details about the person arrested have been released.

The station has been at the centre of controversy since June, when sergeant Hunter Foster, who is white, shot and killed Kohen Wiley, a one-year-old Black child, as the child sat in his mother's arms in a Walmart car park. Foster was responding to a report of alleged shoplifting. The Mississippi bureau of investigation alleged the vehicle 'drove in the direction of the officers, almost striking one'. However, civil rights attorney Ben Crump, representing the Wiley family, released an independent autopsy indicating Kohen was shot from the side of the car, not the front.

Mississippi attorney general Lynn Fitch announced in mid-October that the shooting was 'justified'. Foster resigned from the police force shortly after this statement.

How it is being reported

• Cops open fire on car with baby inside: What bodycam footage revealsNewly released bodycam footage captures the moments leading up to a fatal police shooting in Mississippi that killed 1-year-old Kohen Wiley and critically injured his mother. The incident began with an alleged shoplifting at Walmart before escalating into a deadly confrontation as the woman attempted to flee in her car. A detailed, frame-by-frame breakdown examines...New York Post · 5 Nov, 15:30
• Officials investigate fire at Mississippi police department tied to fatal shooting of Black toddlerPerson arrested after fire broke out at police department where officer who shot and killed one-year-old Kohen Wiley previously worked In the early hours of 31 October, a fire broke out at the Senatobia police department in Mississippi, which has been embroiled in controversy recently after one of its officers shot and killed Kohen Wiley, a one-year-old. Though the cause of the fire has not been reported, it is being investigated as arson by agents with the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. In June, former Senatobia police officer Sgt Hunter Foster shot Kohen as he sat…Guardian World · 3 Nov, 17:02

In this story: Senatobia police department · Kohen Wiley · Hunter Foster · Ben Crump · Lynn Fitch · Mississippi

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