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POPE, Miss.\u2014 Before the outcry, before the demands for justice, before he was placed inside a small casket with a stuffed Bluey, a family had looked forward to sharing simple moments with Kohen Wiley, who was just months away from his second birthday and named by his maternal grandma.<\/p>\n

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Those dreams ended June 14 in a Walmart parking lot in the north Mississippi city of Senatobia, about 40 miles away from Memphis, when 1-year-old Wiley was shot by police responding to a shoplifting call. Thirteen days later, after his mother watched him take his last breath, she walked into a rural Mississippi church holding a stuffed Bluey of her own to say goodbye to her baby boy.<\/p>\n

Delivering the eulogy, the Rev. Keri Henson, under the leadership of Pastor Fred Butts, shared how Kohen\u2019s mother had witnessed his first steps, calling their bond \u201cinseparable,\u201d while Kohen\u2019s father had described him as \u201ckind of goofy.\u201d His grandfather, Henson said, had deemed Kohen his \u201cfavorite person.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cWe can look at his pictures and see the light in his eyes,\u201d Henson said.<\/p>\n

As mourners gathered in the sanctuary of Hosanna Family Worship Center, many wearing shades of blue in tribute, questions surrounding the shooting remained. The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation has said the shooting unfolded when responding officers arriving at the Walmart saw \u201ctwo subjects and a juvenile child fleeing from the store into a vehicle.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Authorities said the driver almost struck an officer, and an officer opened fire. Kohen\u2019s mother, Vellesiya Wiley, has said she was a passenger in the car and that the driver, a friend who has not been identified, was not trying to hit anyone as she attempted to drive away. The investigating agency said Wiley\u2019s friend was critically injured in the shooting.<\/p>\n

During the service, Van Turner, a Memphis-based civil rights attorney representing the family, told the crowd there was no justification for Kohen\u2019s death. <\/p>\n

\u201cThere is nothing in that Walmart store that is more precious than a baby,\u201d he said to applause.<\/p>\n

The family\u2019s legal team have said the police were called over allegedly stolen diapers.<\/p>\n

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