Vigil held for WVSU linebacker Jyilek Harrington

>>GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TONIGHT. WE HAVE CONTINUING COVERAGE FROM A STORY WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING SINCE LATE LAST NIGHT. A WEST VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL PLAYER WAS SHOT AND KILLED AT HIS OFF CAMPUS APARTMENT DURING WHAT THE UNIVERSITY IS CALLING WAS AN ALLEGED HOME INVASION. DANIEL BURBANK JOINS US LIVE AFTER THE FOOTBALL TEAM POSTPONED ITS HOME OPENER UNTIL TOMORROW. DANIEL. >>WELL, GINA, IT WAS A SOMBER MOOD AT CAMPUS TODAY AS NEWS SPREAD OF ONE OF THEIR CLASSMATES AND FOOTBALL PLAYERS WAS KILLED LAST NIGHT. BOTH FOOTBALL TEAMS COMING TOGETHER AND STANDING WITH EACH OTHER THIS IS THE MOMENT WVSU AND CARSON-NEWMAN CAME TOGETHER AS ONE HOLDING A VIGIL FOR 21 YEAR OLD SENIOR LINEBACKER JAYLA CARRINGTON. CHARLESTON POLICE WERE CALLED TO THE 700 BLOCK OF REGENCY DRIVE AROUND 830 WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THEY FOUND HARRINGTON DEAD FROM SEVERAL GUNSHOT WOUNDS FROM THE YOUNGEST PLAYER ON THE TEAM TO THE OLDEST PLAYER ON THE TEAM. >>HE HAD AN IMMEDIATE IMPACT ON US. >>HARRINGTON IS FROM CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA. YELLOW JACKETS HEAD COACH JOHN PENNINGTON SAYS HARRINGTON TRANSFERRED TO WVSU FROM CARSON-NEWMAN ABOUT A MONTH AGO, ADDING HE WAS COMPETITIVE ON THE FIELD BUT HAD ONE OF THE MOST POSITIVE OUTLOOKS ON LIFE. HE CAME TO PRACTICE WITH A SMILE ON HIS FACE AND WAS JUST HAD AN INFECTIOUS ENERGY ON EVERYONE AROUND HIM. WE ASKED COACH PENNINGTON IF HE HAD A MESSAGE FOR THE PERSON OR PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE FOR HARRINGTON'S DEATH. HE FIRMLY RESPONDED NO. AS KANAWHA COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT CONTINUE LOOKING FOR CLUES INTO WEDNESDAY'S HOMICIDE, STUDENTS SAY THEY'RE TRYING TO PROCESS THE SITUATION. >>IT WAS REALLY SHOCKING TO FIND OUT JUST SOMEBODY IN THE WVSU COMMUNITY COULD GET HURT LIKE THAT, AND I LIVE IN CHARLESTON, AND SO THAT'S KIND OF SCARY KNOWING THAT THESE TYPES OF THINGS CAN HAPPEN REALLY CLOSE BY >>A UNIVERSITY SPOKESPERSON SAYS COUNSELING SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE. BOTH UNIVERSITY PRESIDENTS ALSO OFFERING THEIR CONDOLENCES TO WVSU, LAUNCHED A MEMORIAL FUND BECAUSE, THEY SAY DURING CHRISTMAS HARRINGTON WOULD CREATE A GOFUNDME TO HELP FAMILIES IN NEED AT LAST CHECK THE JOLLY HARRINGTON MEMORIAL FUND HAS RAISED NEARLY $4,000. THERE ARE MANY UNANSWERED QUESTIONS AT CHARLESTON POLICE SPOKESPERSON SAYS THEY HAVE NOT IDENTIFIED SUSPECTS AT THIS TIME. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CALL LAW ENFORCEMENT WVSU AND CARSON-NEWMAN KICK OFF TOMORROW AT NOON

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