A woman says wearing a bodysuit from Kim Kardashian's SKIMS saved her life when she was shot 4 times

• Angelina Wiley said she was shot four times on New Year's Day in Kansas City, Missouri.
• In May, she made a TikTok saying a SKIMS bodysuit saved her life during the shooting.

A Kansas City woman said a bodysuit from Kim Kardashian's shapewear company SKIMS saved her life.

On January 1, 2023, Angelina Wiley was shot in Kansas City, Missouri, while waiting for a Lyft in the early hours of New Year's Day, as CBS affiliate KCTV5 reported.

In a TikTok that has been viewed over 700,000 times since it was uploaded on May 18, Wiley, 22, said she was shot four times in the Westport area of Kansas City. KCTV5 also reported that an unnamed man was shot during the incident as well and sustained life-threatening injuries.

According to the outlet, Wiley was taken to the hospital in an ambulance.

Wiley said in a TikTok posted in March that the shooter was wearing a ski mask, which has made it difficult to identify them. As of July 2023, no one has been charged in the shooting, according to Wiley's TikTok. When reached for comment, Kansas City Missouri Police Department did not immediately respond to Insider's request for further details.

Wiley's mother told KCTV5 in January that the incident left her daughter with a ruptured bladder and cracked pelvis. And according to a GoFundMe page Wiley linked to in the caption of her TikTok, and which she most recently updated on July 8, Wiley still has a bullet lodged in her abdomen as a result of the shooting.

Wiley said in the TikTok video that the injuries sustained in the shooting would have been much worse if she hadn't been wearing SKIMS that night.

"Kim Kardashian saved my life," Wiley said in her video. "This New Year's, I got shot four times. The night I got shot, under my dress, I was wearing a SKIMS shaping bodysuit."

Wiley didn't specify which SKIMS bodysuit she was wearing. The brand sells nearly 19 different bodysuits as of July, ranging from catsuits to thong bodysuits that cost between $68 and $128.

"It was so tight on me that it literally kept me from bleeding out," Wiley went on to say of the bodysuit. "I recommend it. I'm definitely gonna buy some more. I mean, I should wear it every day. It's like body armor for women."

"Call it fate or Jesus, but Imma call it Kim," Wiley added. Wiley also thanked Kardashian in the caption of her video, writing, "no but fr, thanks kim." (Wiley did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.)

Although bodysuits are popular, it is not safe to wear them for extended periods of time, as the medical director of the Be Well Medical Group Dr. Lisa Ashe told SheFinds in 2016. Ashe told the outlet that their compression can cause acid reflux, stress incontenence because of the pressure they place on the bladder, and swelling from water retention because people sometimes avoid going to the bathroom when they wear them. Dr. Wakim-Fleming also told the Cleveland Clinic that if shapewear is too tight, it can cause nerve damage or irritate your skin.

Ashe recommends wearing a bodysuit for no longer than six hours a day and encourages taking ample bathroom breaks when wearing one, even if it's annoying to take on and off.

As of July 2023, Kardashian and SKIMS have not publicly commented on Wiley's experience. Representatives for both did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.

Kardashian founded SKIMS in 2019, and the successful shapewear company helped propel her to becoming a billionare in 2022.

Wiley left a comment on her GoFundMe page on July 8 to give an update on her recovery.

"I've gone through ups and downs as I hopped, scooted, and rolled around everywhere when I couldn't walk," she wrote. "I continue to have a lot of struggles with my hip ever since the fracture as well as many other pains. The bullet still in me causes random pains and honestly I struggle with severe ptsd ever since the shooting. It has made returning to work full time difficult."