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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
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Christelle May Napiza

Mississippi Police Shot Baby 'From the Side' of Car, Autopsy Shows, Not Head-On as Claimed

A 1-year-old in Mississippi was shot and killed by police after a cop opened fire on a vehicle involved in an alleged shoplifting incident at a Walmart. (Credit: X: FactPost)

A bullet that killed a 1-year-old boy in a Mississippi Walmart car park entered through the side passenger window, not the windshield, according to an independent autopsy that directly contradicts the official police account that the vehicle was driving towards officers.

The findings, presented by civil rights attorney Ben Crump on Wednesday, 1 July 2026, mark the most serious challenge yet to law enforcement's version of the shooting that killed Kohen Wiley on 14 June. The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation (MBI) has said an officer fired after the driver 'drove in the direction of the officers, almost striking one'. The family's pathologist says the physical evidence tells a different story.

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