Senatobia Officer Hunter Foster Resigns After Fatal Shooting of 1-Year-Old Kohen Wiley
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Updated · PBS NewsHour · Oct 23
Senatobia Officer Hunter Foster Resigns After Fatal Shooting of 1-Year-Old Kohen Wiley
3 articles · Updated · PBS NewsHour · Oct 23
Summary
Senatobia Mayor Greg Graves confirmed Friday that Sgt. Hunter Foster, 33, resigned after fatally shooting 1-year-old Kohen Wiley during a June 14 Walmart parking lot encounter.
Thursday video releases show Foster firing through the front passenger-side window as the car moved away, while the Mississippi attorney general had already ruled this week that his use of force was justified.
Kohen's family says the footage and an independent autopsy show Foster was not in imminent danger, and their lawyers are seeking a federal investigation and his decertification to prevent him from joining another department.
State records show Foster remains certified and had worked for two other Mississippi agencies since 2019; a 2021 federal lawsuit also accused him and other Southaven officers of civil-rights violations in a separate arrest.