Police officer who shot and killed 1-year-old boy in Mississippi has resigned, Senatobia mayor says

WASHINGTON: A police officer in Mississippi who fatally shot a 1-year-old Black child in a Walmart parking lot in June and the interim police chief in the city where the shooting took place have resigned, local officials said on Friday.

Hunter Foster, the officer who shot the child, resigned from the Senatobia Police Department, Mayor Greg Graves said on Friday, without specifying whether he was asked to resign or did so on his own. Angelica Maze, who was the interim chief for the department, also stepped down, according to a resignation letter reported by local media.