Person arrested after fire at Mississippi police department tied to fatal shooting of Black toddler

Summary

In the early hours of 31 October, a fire broke out at the Senatobia police department in Mississippi, which has been embroiled in controversy since one of its officers shot and killed one-year-old Kohen Wiley. The cause of the fire has not been reported, but agents with the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are investigating it as arson. The Guardian reports that a person has been arrested after the fire. In June, then-sergeant Hunter Foster shot Kohen as he sat in his mother's arms in a Walmart parking lot. Foster, who is white, was responding to a report of alleged shoplifting; Kohen, his mother and the driver of the vehicle are Black.

Timeline

1. The Guardian

   3 Nov 2026, 17:02 UTCSource ↗

   Reports that a person was arrested after a fire at the Senatobia, Mississippi, police department, where an officer who shot and killed one-year-old Kohen Wiley had worked, and that the fire is being investigated as arson by ATF agents.