# Police chief fired amid controversy after child was shot in small Mississippi city

https://mins.news/en/item/42740

- The Associated Press, 2026-09-02 22:00 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://bit.ly/4yfZj9c

> Leaders of a Mississippi city unanimously voted to fire its police chief amid a new controversy. The decision follows the June police shooting that killed a 1-year-old Black child.

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