FIU football player stabbed to death in on-campus incident

FIU football player stabbed to death

FIU running back Kendall Berry was stabbed to death in an on-campus incident late Thursday night, immediately sending shock and grief across the university community and putting police on a search for multiple suspects.

Berry, 22, was stabbed around 9 p.m., said Miami-Dade police Det. Javier Baez. Police were interviewing “several people that observed the incident,” Baez said, though he could not confirm if any 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.”

FIU’s athletic department did not have further comment, and messages left for athletic director Pete Garcia and football coach Mario Cristobal were not immediately returned. 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’s unknown if that would take place as planned.