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Updated on: October 23, 2026 / 1:22 PM EDT / CBS News

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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.…