"These individuals were not trying to harm the officer: they were attempting to get away from him," said Turner. "This officer knew that there was a child in the car and he still dispatched his weapon not once, but at least four times."
An online clip of the incident shows officers pursuing the car in the parking lot, with Turner saying they were hoping to get details from the investigation sooner rather than later.
Public safety commissioner Sean Tindell told MPB that the investigation could take six to nine months.
"We would just hope that the video is released, that there is no cover up, that the facts come out, and that we have justice for this 1-year-old child whose life was just cut short," said Turner.
WAPT reported that the officer involved in the shooting is now on administrative leave. Tindell said MBI is actively investigating the incident, gathering video evidence and statements from officers and witnesses.
"At this point, we're still gathering evidence from Walmart and body cams and dash cam footage if they're available," said Tindell. "As well as getting statements from the officers that are involved with the situation."
The name of that officer hasn't been publicly disclosed yet, although records obtained by Action News 5 included the name of an officer involved in the incident. It's unclear, however, whether that specific officer was the one who shot at the vehicle, ultimately killing Wiley.
Once MBI's investigation is complete, it will hand its findings off to the attorney general's office, which will then determine whether to present that evidence to a grand jury, which could lead to a trial.
"We don't want, for the sake of expediency, to sacrifice any quality of the investigation," said Tindell. "The last thing we would want is for somebody to later come forward with a statement that we didn't know about that we couldn't include in our file."
Tindell indicated that the evidence gathered isn't likely to be made public while the investigation is ongoing. But there are calls to release video footage for transparency.
On Tuesday night, family and community gathered outside the Walmart and police used tear gas on the crowd in the parking lot. Tindell said Highway Patrol Special Operations were present and that tear gas was deployed after someone threw a water bottle at an officer.
The community gathered again on Wednesday to memorialize Wiley at the same Walmart.
Marquell Bridges was there on Tuesday and Wednesday and is calling on the community to boycott Walmart.
Bridges, who founded Building Bridges Coalition, an organization to build unity among other community organizations, is also calling for the release of raw body and dash cam video footage, surveillance footage from Walmart, as well as communications between officers following the shooting.
