Mississippi police officer who fatally shot 1-year-old Kohen Wiley has resigned

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, who worked for the Senatobia Police Department, turned in his badge and gun just a few days after state Attorney General Lynn Fitch’s office issued a brief statement saying the fatal shooting was a “justified” use of force.

Jada Mayer, who is Senatobia’s human resources clerk, did not say why Foster was leaving the Senatobia Police Department.

“The mayor’s office confirmed the resignation,” Mayer said.

Foster’s lawyer, Martin Zummach, said in an email to NBC News that Foster “resigned for the good of the city and the police department and to permit the process of healing.”

“He is still shocked and sickened that a baby died and emphatically denies knowing a child was in the car or in the front seat and had no idea that those fleeing were suspected of shoplifting,” the lawyer said.

While the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation has stated that police had been responding to the Walmart to investigate a shoplifting, Zummach wrote Foster was part of a team “investigating an unrelated case involving an adult who had attempted to sexually…

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