About this episode

The episode investigates the circumstances surrounding the shooting death of a one-year-old during a shoplifting call at a Mississippi Walmart.

Send us Fan Mail In this heavy-hitting episode, former Detective Jerome Hill and retired Sheriff Victor Hill pull back the curtain on the investigation into the death of Cohen Wiley, examining whether this tragedy was an unavoidable accident or a result of catastrophic negligence. We break down the high-stakes "Risk vs. Reward" ratio in law enforcement, the controversial policy of firing at moving vehicles, and the discrepancies in the official police statements that labeled a toddler as a "...

People in this episode

Host: Jerome Hill

Guest: Victor Hill

Topics covered

• shoplifting
• law enforcement
• negligence
• investigation
• toddler death
• police policy

Keywords

• shoplifting
• Walmart
• Mississippi
• Cohen Wiley
• law enforcement
• negligence
• police statements

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Walmart

Places: Mississippi

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