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Mississippi attorney general rules police shooting that killed toddler justified
Original: Mississippi AG says police shooting that killed 1-year-old was ‘justified’
Mississippi's attorney general has ruled that a police shooting which killed 1-year-old Kohen Wiley in June was justified. The child died when officers fired at a car in a Walmart parking lot; a friend of the boy's mother, who was driving, was also injured. The ruling has drawn attention to the circumstances of the officers' decision to shoot at the vehicle with a baby inside.
Why now: The attorney general's ruling on a toddler's death at police hands is prompting debate over police use of force.
Kohen WileyMississippi attorney generalWalmart
Evidence
- Mississippi AG says police shooting that killed 1-year-old was ‘justified’ · NBC News
Kohen Wiley was killed in June when officers fired at a car at a Walmart parking lot. A friend of Wiley’s mother, who was driving the car, was injured.
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