NORFOLK, Va. — The family of Norfolk State University student Jahari George says they want the world to know who he was — not just how he died.

“Jahari was before his time… he did everything early. He walked early, he talked early,” said his mother, TeAnna George. “He takes pride and ownership in everything that he does. His goal was always to leave a place better than when he got there.”

TeAnna described her son as talented, curious, and competitive.

“He’s the glue. He’s the Game Master. The goal when we have family game nights is to beat him. It’s not to win the game, really. It’s to beat him,” she said, laughing.

Jahari, of Maryland, was a 20-year-old electrical engineering student he was shot and killed while sitting in a car with friends on September 2, 2023, just off Norfolk Stat

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