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ATF investigating fire at Senatobia, Mississippi, police headquarters
The Associated Press reports that ATF and local agencies are investigating a Saturday fire at Senatobia Police Department headquarters; the cause is unknown, AP said.
Based on reporting by ABC News
Wire reporting: (AP, via ABC News)
Federal and local investigators are examining a fire that damaged Senatobia Police Department headquarters in Mississippi early Saturday, the Associated Press reported (AP, via ABC News)1.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is involved along with local agencies, AP said1. Investigators had not determined the cause or whether the fire was set, according to the same report1.
Senatobia firefighters were called at 4:58 a.m. for smoke in the building and put the fire out quickly, the fire department said in a statement cited by AP1. Damage details were not given1. AP said it had sought comment from the fire department, police and the Tate County Sheriff's Office1.
The department has been under community pressure since June, when an officer shot into a vehicle during a Walmart shoplifting call and killed 1-year-old Kohen Wiley, who is Black, AP reported1. The child's mother was unhurt; a friend was seriously injured; both women denied theft and have not been charged, AP said1. The police chief was later fired after reporting by The New York Times, Mississippi Today and Verite News about alleged racist language in private texts, AP said1. The officer in the shooting resigned this month after the Mississippi attorney general's office found the force justified, according to AP1.
