A one-year-old boy from Senatobia, Mississippi died in a shooting on Sunday (June 14) after an officer mistakenly fired at the vehicle during a police response to a shooting at a Walmart.
The family of the deceased toddler identified him as Kohen Wiley.
The death of Wiley has sparked outrage on social media, especially in Senatobia, a community on the border with Tennessee, just 40 miles south of Memphis.
The boy's parents and community advocates have launched a campaign demanding justice.
Mississippi Bureau of Investigation is investigating the case.
The Senatobia Police Department also released a statement on social media acknowledging that their officers were involved in the shooting and noting that they are committed to 'full transparency.'
However, the family and the community members who are part of the campaign are linking an officer to the shooting, despite there being no official confirmation.
A police officer with the Senatobia Police Department is being linked to the shooting that killed a one-year-old Kohen Wiley, despite there being no official confirmation.
The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation said in a statement that the officers mistook the vehicle containing Kohen Wiley, his mother, and a friend of his mother, as the suspects fleeing the shooting parking.
