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,

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.

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.