Police officer who shot and killed 1-year-old resigns

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.

A Mississippi police officer who shot into a moving car and killed a 1-year-old boy outside a Walmart in June has resigned, the mayor of Senatobia confirmed to CBS News on Friday.Mayor Greg Graves confirmed that Hunter Foster resigned.Foster's resignation comes after the Mississippi attorney general's office announced Monday that the use of force was justified in the June shooting that stemmed from a response to an alleged shoplifting incident.Officers and Tate County sheriff's deputies responding to the incident were already at the Walmart for an unrelated call. They approached a car backing out of a parking spot in the lot and yelled for it to stop. When the car moved forward, Foster opened fire on the car.Body camera footage from the incident shows the car backing up and hitting a parked car as the law enforcement officers converged on the vehicle with their guns drawn.When the car moves forward, Foster is seen moving out of the way as he puts one hand down on the hood as gunshots from his weapon ring out.

The front passenger window of the car then shatters, and the car drives away.One-year-old Kohen Wiley was in the car and died in the shooting.In a social media video following the June 14 shooting, Kohen's mother, Vellesiya Wiley, said she was at the Walmart with a