JACKSON, Miss. (Diya TV) — Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch’s office ruled Monday that a Senatobia police officer was justified in firing at a car during a Walmart shoplifting response that killed 1-year-old Kohen Wiley. The decision closes the state’s criminal review, but authorities have not released body-camera or store surveillance footage, and the family disputes the account that officers faced an oncoming vehicle.

Officers responded to a shoplifting report at the Senatobia Walmart on June 14. Police suspected Kohen’s mother, Vellesiya Wiley, and her friend had taken diapers and baby clothes. Wiley has denied the allegation, and neither woman has been charged.

The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation said the car drove toward officers as the women tried to leave, nearly striking one. An officer fired into the vehicle, killing Kohen and wounding the driver. Kohen was sitting on his mother’s lap in the front passenger seat. Fitch’s office said it found the use of force “was justified,” but its statement did not explain the evidence behind that conclusion.

The officer has not been publicly identified by the attorney general. Senatobia officer Hunter Foster was the only officer at the scene placed on leave, Mississippi Today reported, but authorities have not confirmed he fired the shot. His attorney, Martin Zummach, told The Associated Press that the driver threatened officers and his client had no choice but to shoot.

Wiley has said her friend was backing out of a parking space and then drove away. She also said she lifted Kohen to show officers he was in the car. Bystander video shows officers running behind the departing vehicle, but does not clearly show the moments when shots were fired. Five officers had surrounded the car, according to Mississippi Today.

The family’s attorney, Ben Crump, said an independent forensic review found the bullet entered through the passenger-side door window. He argues that the finding contradicts the account that the car was heading toward officers. Two experts consulted by the Associated Press also questioned whether officers faced an immediate threat, while noting that footage would help establish what happened.

Crump renewed his call for the release of police and Walmart video after Fitch’s decision. Mississippi Today reported that Wiley and several witnesses said they had not been interviewed by investigators as recently as October. The public has seen only bystander footage, which does not show the shooting itself.

The case has unfolded amid scrutiny of the Senatobia Police Department. The city fired former Police Chief Harold Vanderford in September after news organizations reported that he used racial slurs in private text messages. Earlier incidents involving Black residents, including the arrest of a 10-year-old child, had also drawn criticism.

Fitch’s ruling means prosecutors will not bring a criminal case against the officer, according to the city’s interim police chief. It does not settle the dispute over what happened in the parking lot. The family continues to demand the footage that could show how the encounter unfolded.