Bodycam: Cop Was Not in Danger When He Fired Shots That Killed 1-Year-Old Kohen Wiley
Mississippi investigators said the shooting was “justified,” but new body camera footage shows the cop firing into the passenger’s side as the car passed by him. The post Bodycam: Cop Was Not in Danger When He Fired Shots That Killed 1-Year-Old Kohen Wiley appeared first on The Intercept .
On October 22, 2026, the Mississippi Department of Public Safety released body camera footage that provided the most comprehensive account yet of the fatal shooting of 1-year-old Kohen Wiley by a Senatobia police officer, Sgt. Hunter Foster. The videos, obtained through a public records request, revealed that Foster was not in danger when he fired the shots that killed Kohen, contrary to the state's conclusion that the shooting was justified.
The footage showed that Foster positioned himself in front of the moving car, aimed his gun at the passenger side window, and fired the fatal shot as the vehicle was moving away from him. The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation's heavily redacted report concluded that the shooting was justified, but it failed to mention that Foster was beside the car when he first fired.
Additionally, the report did not disclose Kohen Wiley's cause of death. Kohen's maternal grandmother, Veronica Roberson, expressed outrage at the release, calling it a "slap in the face" and questioning the officer's claim of fear for his life.
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