Mom of 1-Year-Old Shot by Police Faces Backlash for Flashing Money at Her Son’s Funeral

Mom of 1-year-old shot by police faces backlash for flashing money at her son’s funeral

Vellesiya Wiley, the 28-year-old mother of Kohen Wiley, has sparked controversy after displaying cash at her son’s funeral. Kohen, just one year old, was tragically killed by police during a pursuit in a Walmart parking lot in Senatobia, Mississippi, on June 14. On June 27, young children were seen carrying Kohen’s tiny coffin toward a...

Mother of 1-Year-Old Boy Killed in Controversial Police Shooting Faces Backlash for Flashing Cash at Son's Funeral

The mother of a 1-year-old Mississippi boy fatally shot during a police encounter is facing backlash online after videos and photos appeared to show her holding a large amount of cash and smiling during her son’s funeral. Vellesiya Wiley, 20, attended the June 27 funeral for her son, Kohen Wiley, whose death during a police shooting in a Walmart parking lot in Senatobia drew national attention. Images from the service showed Wiley dressed in for…

Independent autopsy contradicts police account in shooting of one year-old boy, attorney says

One year-old Kohen Wiley was shot and killed by police outside a Walmart parking lot (Photo courtesy of Facebook). David L. Snelling Civil rights attorney Ben Crump, hired by the family of a one-year-old boy shot and killed by police in Senatobia, Mississippi said an autopsy contradicts the officers’ report. According to news reports, police officers who responded to an alleged shoplifting call at a Walmart parking lot on June 14, 2026, fired sh…