A West Virginia State University football player was sadly killed in a shooting earlier this week. North Carolina native Jyilek Harrington was shot multiple times following an incident at an apartment complex.

The victim of the fatal shooting was identified by police as 21-year-old Jyilek Harrington, a linebacker at West Virginia State University.

West Virginia State University is mourning the sudden death of a football player from Charlotte, North Carolina.

West Virginia State University football player Jyilek Harrington died at age 21 after being shot during an apparent home invasion at an off-campus apartment complex.

CHARLOTTE — A mother continues to grieve after her son was killed in a suspected home invasion in his apartment in Charleston, West Virginia. Jyilek Harrington was a football standout at Vance High School, now Julius Chambers High School.

Football player shot during an altercation at an apartment in Charleston, investigators say there are no suspects

A West Virginia State University linebacker was shot and killed in Charleston Wednesday night. According to statements from the university and police, Jyilek Zyiare Harrington, 21, was found in an apartment complex in the 700 block of Regency Drive,

Jyilek Zyiare Harrington was shot dead just hours before he was due to play football for West Virginia State against his former team, Carson-Newman University

A linebacker at Division II West Virginia State was fatally shot during what the university said Thursday is being investigated by police as a home invasion. The body of Jyilek Zyiare Harrington, 21,

Harrington was a senior on the West Virginia State football team and recorded eight tackles and one sack during the team's win against Barton College last week. “Jyilek truly em