MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) – Action News 5 has obtained five years of officer-involved shooting records from the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday afternoon.
Those records list Hunter Foster, along with Kohen Wiley, his mother Vellesiya Wiley and a third person as people involved in Sunday’s shooting. Action News 5 is working to identify the third person.
An incident report from MBI was too heavily redacted to confirm Hunter Foster as the officer involved.
Action News 5 confirmed through city records Hunter Foster was promoted as a sergeant in Senatobia in September.
Action News 5 went to City Hall and the Police Department, asking Mayor Greg Graves and the police chief to confirm Foster’s identity and involvement. A staffer said both were in a meeting. Any further information must come from MBI, Action News 5 was told.
Community response
The investigation comes days after protesters gathered outside the Senatobia Walmart, demanding answers in the death of 1-year-old Kohen Wiley.
Tuesday’s protest took a turn when officers deployed tear gas to disperse the crowd.
As the story draws national attention, some community members say they don’t want this tragedy to define their city.
The owners of Delta Steakhouse are organizing a Boston Butt Benefit and plan to donate all proceeds to the Wiley family.
“We don’t want the division between the black and the white. What happened here is wrong, it should’ve never happened,” said Mike Wilson, owner of Delta Steakhouse. “I have prior military experience, and I know that they shouldn’t have shot in that car it shouldn’t have happened.”
“It’s devastating, no mother I don’t care about the circumstances they should never have bury their children and it’s just heart breaking,” said Melinda Wilson of Delta Steakhouse.
The community will hold a prayer vigil for Kohen on Thursday at 6 p.m. at LifePoint Church.
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