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...