The police killing of 1-year-old Kohen Wiley in Senatobia, Mississippi

Active · last development Oct 23: “Bodycam: Cop Was Not in Danger When He Fired Shots That Killed 1-Year-Old Kohen Wiley”

What this arc covers

The fatal shooting of 1-year-old Kohen Wiley by a Senatobia, Mississippi, police officer who fired at a vehicle outside a Walmart while responding to a shoplifting call in June 2026: the protests and demands that the officer be fired and charged, the report that the police chief sent texts containing racial slurs and his firing, the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation's finding that the officer's use of force was justified, the release of the body camera footage, the family's response, the resignation of the officer, Hunter Foster, and the interim police chief's resignation.

Earliest story we hold Jun 16, 2026 · 13 stories · 37 sources (counted once each) · 129 days

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Photo from KRDO, with Police officer who shot and killed 1-year-old boy in Mississippi has resigned, Senatobia mayor says (Oct 23), the story with the most sources this week.

Where it standsnewest first · each bar runs left to right by leaning

Oct 23Bodycam: Cop Was Not in Danger When He Fired Shots That Killed 1-Year-Old Kohen Wiley1 article · 1 source
1 left, 0 center, 0 right
Oct 23Interim police chief in Senatobia to resign, return to previous role2 articles · 1 source
0 left, 1 center, 0 right
Oct 23– 24Police officer who shot and killed 1-year-old boy in Mississippi has resigned, Senatobia mayor says45 articles · 28 sources
7 left, 17 center, 3 right

Key momentsthe most covered; every story is below

  1. Jun 16 – 19Police shooting of 1-year-old Mississippi boy ignites tension between police and Black residents9 articles · 8 sources
  2. Aug 25 – 29Senatobia community activists demand police chief’s firing after alleged racist texts14 articles · 2 sources
  3. Sep 2Mississippi city where police killed one-year-old Kohen Wiley fires police chief10 articles · 7 sources
  4. Oct 20 – 23Mississippi releases video showing fatal shooting of 1-year-old boy by police officer15 articles · 4 sources
  5. Oct 23 – 24Police officer who shot and killed 1-year-old boy in Mississippi has resigned, Senatobia mayor says45 articles · 28 sources

Who covered it, over timeshare of the sources publishing each week, by side

Jun 15, 2026 - Oct 25, 2026

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Week of Oct 19, 2026 - Oct 25, 2026: 9 left, 18 center, 3 right, 6% of the sources that published that week · 76 articles

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Stories before June 28, 2026 come from archived pages, so who covered them is limited to the outlets we recovered for that period.

35% left · 54% center · 11% right of 37 sources on the spectrum, across 13 stories.

Every storynewest first

  1. October 2026

    1. Oct 23Bodycam: Cop Was Not in Danger When He Fired Shots That Killed 1-Year-Old Kohen Wiley1 article · 1 source
      1 left, 0 center, 0 right
    2. Oct 23Interim police chief in Senatobia to resign, return to previous role2 articles · 1 source
      0 left, 1 center, 0 right
    3. Oct 23– 24Police officer who shot and killed 1-year-old boy in Mississippi has resigned, Senatobia mayor says45 articles · 28 sources
      7 left, 17 center, 3 right
    4. Oct 23Body-camera footage released in police shooting of Miss. 1-year-old Kohen Wiley as family speaks out8 articles · 1 source
      0 left, 1 center, 0 right
    5. Oct 23Kohen Wiley: Officer's attorney, ex-police captain speak on justified ruling1 article · 1 source
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    6. Oct 22Senatobia officer put himself in harm’s way before fatally shooting 1-year-old Kohen Wiley, experts say1 article · 1 source
      1 left, 0 center, 0 right
    7. Oct 22Family of toddler fatally shot by Senatobia police is shown unredacted footage by Mississippi officials in private screening1 article · 1 source
      1 left, 0 center, 0 right
    8. Oct 22Family of Kohen Wiley to hold press conference Thursday3 articles · 2 sources
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    9. Oct 20– 23Mississippi releases video showing fatal shooting of 1-year-old boy by police officer15 articles · 4 sources
      2 left, 2 center, 0 right

  2. September 2026

    1. Sep 2Mississippi city where police killed one-year-old Kohen Wiley fires police chief10 articles · 7 sources
      2 left, 2 center, 2 right

  3. August 2026

    1. Aug 25– 29Senatobia community activists demand police chief’s firing after alleged racist texts14 articles · 2 sources
      0 left, 2 center, 0 right

  4. July 2026

    1. Jul 7– 8Senatobia residents demand officer fired after fatal shooting of toddler6 articles · 2 sources
      0 left, 2 center, 0 right

  5. June 2026