Footage shows Foster firing three shots into the vehicle
The Senatobia Board of Aldermen accepted Hunter Foster’s resignation from the Senatobia Police Department on October 21, and the resignation took effect immediately. Foster had been placed on leave on June 16, days after the June 14 shooting.
The shooting unfolded at a Walmart in Senatobia during a response to a reported shoplifting. Officials alleged that Kohen’s mother and a friend stole diapers from the store; neither woman has been charged.
Kohen, a Black toddler, died in his mother’s arms after being shot. Kohen would have turned two on November 1.
On October 22, 2026, the Mississippi Department of Public Safety released body-camera and surveillance footage from the shooting. The footage shows Foster running out of the Walmart with other officers after an employee said shoplifters were fleeing.
Within seconds of leaving the store, Foster aimed his gun at a vehicle carrying Kohen, his mother and another woman. Three shots were fired, all from Foster’s gun, although several officers drew their weapons. Foster hit and injured the driver and killed Kohen.
Earlier in the week, Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch announced that the shooting was “justified.”
At a Thursday press conference, Ben Crump, the prominent civil rights attorney representing Kohen’s family, called for a federal investigation into the shooting. He also called for Foster to be decertified, which would prevent the former officer from serving as a police officer anywhere else. Crump said: “The bullet that killed Kohen Wiley was not justified.” He continued: “This decision sends a message that a Black baby boy, his life, is not as valuable as the white diapers that he is wrapped in.”
Foster’s resignation took effect on October 21, before the Mississippi Department of Public Safety released the footage on October 22. Fitch’s announcement came earlier in the week, and Crump spoke at a Thursday press conference.