Key Facts

• The shooting took place on June 14 in Senatobia, Mississippi, after police responded to a call about alleged shoplifting of diapers.
• Kohen Wiley was sitting in his mother’s lap in a car when a police officer fired into the vehicle, killing the baby and injuring a woman.
• The officer involved is Sgt Hunter Foster, who is white; the victims are Black.
• The police say the car moved toward officers, nearly hitting one, but an independent autopsy challenges this claim, saying the baby was shot from the side, not the front.
• The family’s lawyer has called for the release of police footage of the shooting, which has not been made public.
• Senatobia has a history of controversial police actions, including firing a police chief for racial slurs and a high-profile arrest of a 10-year-old Black boy.
• The current police chief Angelica Maze is Black, and she replaced Harold Vanderford, who was chief when the shooting occurred.
• The case is drawing attention to ongoing concerns about police conduct and race relations in the city.