Mississippi Attorney General Deems Officer’s Force Justified in Fatal Senatobia Shooting
Mississippi's attorney general has determined that a police officer's use of force was justified during a shoplifting call in Senatobia, Mississippi, that resulted in the fatal shooting of a 1-year-old boy.
Biloxi Gulfport, MS, October 19, 2026 —
Mississippi’s attorney general has determined that a police officer’s use of force was justified during a shoplifting call in Senatobia, an incident that resulted in the fatal shooting of a 1-year-old boy.
The information available does not identify the officer or the boy, or provide the date of the incident. It also does not describe the circumstances of the call, the sequence of events, or the specific force used. The attorney general’s stated determination concerns whether the officer’s use of force was justified.
No explanation of the determination or details about the review that led to it were provided in the summary. It does not state whether the officer was responding to the shoplifting call alone or with other officers, where the shooting occurred, or what led to the use of force. The boy’s name and any information about his family were not provided.
The summary also does not specify whether the attorney general’s determination was part of a criminal investigation, an administrative review or another process. It provides no information about potential charges, disciplinary action, or any further proceedings. Those details cannot be established from the information available.
The known facts are limited to the attorney general’s conclusion that the officer’s use of force was justified and the report that the incident ended with the fatal shooting of a 1-year-old boy during a shoplifting call in Senatobia. Further details about the decision and the events surrounding the shooting were not provided.
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