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Hunter Foster, the police officer who fatally shot a 1-year-old boy who was sitting in his mother's lap in a Walmart parking lot in Mississippi has resigned despite being cleared of criminal wrongdoing. Jason Allen reports.

The Mississippi police officer who fired the shot that killed one-year-old Kohen Wiley in a Walmart parking lot in June during an alleged shoplifting pursuit resigned.

Sgt. Hunter Foster, 33, had been cleared of criminal wrongdoing by the Mississippi Attorney General's office earlier this week after its monthslong probe concluded his use of force had been justified.

The Mississippi attorney general's office had determined that the use of force was justified in the deadly shooting that stemmed from an alleged shoplifting incident.

The resignation comes after the release of bodycam footage that raised questions about the police's handling of the incident.​

The Mississippi police officer who fired the shot that killed 1-year-old Kohen Wiley has resigned, a city official told NBC News on Friday.

Hunter Foster fired at vehicle during a shoplifting call at a Walmart, killing one-year-old Kohen Wiley Hunter Foster, the Mississippi police officer who shot into a vehicle and killed one-year-old Kohen Wiley, has resigned from the Senatobia police department. Earlier this week, Mississippi’s attorney general, Lynn Fitch, announced that the shooting was “justified”. The Senatobia board of aldermen accepted Foster’s resignation on 21 October and the resignation took effect immediately. Foster was placed on leave on 16 June, days after the 14 June shooting. Yesterday, the Mississippi department of public safety released body-camera and surveillance footage from the shooting, at a Walmart in Senatobia, during which the toddler died in his mother’s arms after being shot. Continue reading...

A police officer shot and killed 1-year-old Kohen Wiley outside a Walmart in Mississippi. State officials ruled the shooting was justified. Now, Mississippi authorities have released the body camera video from the officer who fired the shots.

The family of the 1-year-old boy who was shot by police in the parking lot of a Mississippi Walmart spoke out on Thursday. The use of deadly force was justified, according to the state, but the family disagrees. Jason Allen reports.

Newly released bodycam video shows the moments before a Mississippi police officer fired his gun into a car in June, killing a 1-year-old boy sitting on his mother's lap. This week the state's attorney general concluded the officer who fired the fatal shot was justified in using deadly force. The encounter began after the child's mother allegedly shoplifted a pack of diapers, an accusation she denies. CBS News' Jason Allen has more.

The family of a 1-year-old boy who was fatally shot when a police officer fired into a moving vehicle in Mississippi said Thursday they do not believe the shooting was justified after reviewing videos from officers' body-worn cameras at the scene.

‘The word ‘justified’ has haunted me since Monday,’’ the child’s maternal grandmother says Since the Mississippi attorney general, Lynn Fitch, announced on Monday that the police shooting of Kohen Wiley, a one-year-old baby, “was justified”, footage of the shooting has been made public. It was first reported by Darkhorse Press, a Mississippi outlet. On Thursday, attorneys Ben Crump and Van Turner, who are representing the Wiley family, held a press conference at the Senatobia Church of Christ, in Senatobia, Mississippi. The press conference came shortly after members of the family were able to view footage of the shooting. Continue reading...

SENATOBIA, Miss. -- Family members and attorneys held a news conference Thursday in Senatobia after the shooting of a 1-year-old by a police officer was ruled justified this week by Mississippi's attorney general. Kohen Wiley's mother and family attorneys have been waiting months for answers about Kohen's death. "We must have more empathy for human [...]

The Mississippi attorney general announced the police officer will not be charged in connection with the killing of 1-year-old Kohen Wiley.

Police body camera video posted by Darkhorse Press and verified by CBS News shows what happened moments before a Mississippi police officer shot and killed a one-year-old boy in pursuit of shoplifting suspects in a Walmart parking lot.