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.

Jyilek Harrington, a football player at West Virginia State, was fatally shot during what the university says is being investigated by police as a home invasion.

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. Harrington was pronounced dead with multiple gunshot wounds on the evening of Wednesday,