Officer who shot and killed Black toddler in Mississippi resigns from police force
A Mississippi police officer has resigned following the fatal shooting of a one-year-old boy during a shoplifting investigation at a Walmart. Civil rights attorney Ben Crump is calling for a federal investigation into the incident.
Why it matters
The case has sparked national outrage and renewed debates regarding police use of force, accountability, and racial disparities in law enforcement.
Kohen Wiley. Photograph: Obtained by the Guardian Kohen Wiley. Photograph: Obtained by the Guardian Mississippi Officer who shot and killed Black toddler in Mississippi resigns from police force Hunter Foster fired at vehicle during a shoplifting call at a Walmart, killing one-year-old Kohen Wiley
Prefer the Guardian on Google 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”.
In the footage, Foster is seen running out of a Walmart with other officers after an employee said shoplifters were fleeing. Officials have alleged that Kohen’s mother and a friend stole diapers from the Walmart; neither woman has been charged.
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