Fatal shooting of Senatobia infant ‘was justified,’ Mississippi AG rules
Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch said her office found the use of force by the Senatobia Police Department that killed an infant during a shoplifting call was justified. (Rogelio V. Solis/AP file)
Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch has cleared a Senatobia police officer of wrongdoing in a fatal June shooting of a 1-year-old.
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Once an intern, he never left, joining the staff full-time in 2022 as an education reporter. He moved to public safety in 2023, where he covered some of the city’s biggest court cases, including the criminal trials for those charged in the deaths of Tyré Nichols and rapper Young Dolph. He also chronicled the Shelby County Jail and the deaths that have occurred at the facility.
He now provides suburban coverage, focusing on DeSoto County and the surrounding municipalities.
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