FIU Wants Overhaul Of Internal Warning System After Berry Death

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Florida International University released an internal review of the school's emergency alert system in its response to the stabbing death of former FIU football player Kendall Berry. According to the report, it took FIU almost an hour and a half to notify students of the stabbing death.

Berry, a running back on FIU's football team, was stabbed to death in April on the school's main campus. The man accused in Berry's death, 22-year-old Quentin Wyche, has been charged with second degree murder.

The review -- conducted by former U.S. attorney and current dean of the FIU College of Law R. Alexander Acosta -- found that the school's first report to its students didn't address the fact that it was a stabbing, a death, or that the suspect was still on the loose. The first message sent read:

WE HAD A FELONIOUS ASSAULT BY THE RECREATION CENTER SUSPECT AT LARGE TUNE INTO LOCAL MEDIA FOR MORE.

CBS4's Natalia Zea talked with FIU about their changes...


Here's a copy of their internal review...

FIU Holds Memorial Service For Kendall Berry

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The entire FIU family, it seems, attended the on-campus memorial service for slain Golden Panther running back Kendall Berry.

Roommates, teammates, coaches, and family spoke on the short life that was taken too soon from everyone close to him...

Andre Hepkins was on campus...
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Police charged 22-year-old Quentin Wyche, another FIU student, with second-degree murder for the death of Berry.

Reportedly, Wyche and Berry were involved in an altercation outside of FIU's recreational center when Wyche allegedly stabbed and killed Berry Thursday night.

According to eight witnesses, Wyche said, after he stabbed Berry, "That's what he gets. I told y'all."

Berry's mother said she and the rest of Berry's family will hold another memorial for him Friday in his native Polk County. The funeral will be take place on Saturday.

Arrest Made in Berry Death

Just a day after Florida International University Running Back Kendall Berry was stabbed to death outside of the schools Rec Center, police have made an arrest.

Quentin Wyche, a 22 year old former football player at the school turned himself in to Broward County police yesterday and was charged with 2nd degree murder.

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According to reports, Wyche and Berry had words after Wyche insulted Berry's girlfriend and threw cookies in her face at around 9pm on Thursday.

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Andre Hepkins was on site...

FIU Running Back Stabbed To Death

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FIU running back Kendall Berry was stabbed to death on the school's main campus late Thursday night. Police are searching for multiple suspects.

Berry was stabbed around 9PM Thursday according to Miami-Dade police Detective Javier Baez.

Police were interviewing "several people that observed the incident," Baez said, although he could not confirm if a suspect was in custody.

"Our thoughts and prayers go out to Kendall's family," FIU President Mark B. Rosenberg said in a news release. "We are here to support them and our entire university community as all of us come to terms with this tragedy."

Shortly after the university confirmed Berry's death, FIU indefinitely postponed football coaching clinics scheduled for Friday and Saturday. The football team's annual spring game is scheduled for Wednesday. It is unknown if the game will go on as scheduled.

Baez said the stabbing took place just outside the front doors of the campus recreation center, where he said the football team and other FIU athletes train.

Berry, according to Baez was involved in an argument with one or more people. "One produced some type of a weapon and stabbed him," Baez said.

Berry had 164 all-purpose yards in limited use as a freshman in 2007, appearing in all 12 FIU games that season. He sat out the 2008 season with a knee injury and then had some breakout moments in 2009, rushing for three touchdowns in a span of 13 minutes against Middle Tennessee and followed that up with two more scores the next week in a win over North Texas.

Here are highlights from the North Texas game, thanks to FIU their ownselves... Berry is #19...


He finished last season with a team-high seven touchdowns.

WSVN's Richard Jordan was live on campus...