Mississippi officer resigns after fatal shooting of 1-year-old in car outside Walmart during pursuit
The officer quit after state investigators cleared him, while the family seeks a federal review and says the shooting was excessive.
- Senatobia police officer Hunter Foster resigned Friday after Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch ruled his fatal shooting of 1-year-old Kohen Wiley on June 14 was legally justified, Mayor Greg Graves announced.
- Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch concluded Monday the officer's use of force was justified, citing insufficient evidence of criminal conduct to present the case to a grand jury.
- Newly released bodycam and surveillance footage from the June 14 incident shows officers firing into a moving vehicle, killing Kohen and critically injuring one woman in the car.
- Attorney Ben Crump condemned the shooting as "excessive from the very start," arguing officers drew weapons over a shoplifting misdemeanor rather than de-escalating the encounter.
- Last month, former Senatobia Police Chief Harold Vanderford was fired for using racist slurs in private texts, compounding scrutiny of the department's culture and accountability following Foster's resignation.
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The policeman who shot and killed a 1-year-old boy in Mississippi when he shot at a moving vehicle while responding to a shoplifting call resigned from his post, Senatobia Mayor reported Friday to The Associated Press.
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(AP) — The police officer who shot and killed a 1-year-old boy in Mississippi when he fired into a moving vehicle while responding to a...
Police Officer Who Shot & Killed 1-Year-Old Mississippi Boy Resigns (UPDATE)
The police officer who shot and killed a 1-year-old boy in Mississippi when he fired into a moving vehicle while responding to a shoplifting call has resigned, the Senatobia mayor told The Associated Press Friday. Sgt. Hunter Foster, 33, had been cleared of criminal wrongdoing by the Mississippi Attorney General’s office earlier this week after [...]
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