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Published December 21, 2020 • Updated on December 21, 2020 at 3:10 pm NBC 6 Police are investigating after a student athlete at Keiser University was found shot to death inside his apartment in West Palm Beach over the weekend. Derek Becker, 21, was found fatally shot in his off-campus apartment early Sunday, West Palm Beach Police said. Becker was a baseball player at Keiser and had been a high school baseball star in New York State. Local

College student shot, killed in West Palm Beach apartment, officials say Share Updated: 7:25 PM EST Dec 21, 2020 Brandon Lopez Share Updated: 7:25 PM EST Dec 21, 2020 Hide Transcript Show Transcript ANA: I SPOKE WITH THE PRESIDENT OF KAISER UNIVERSITY FLAGSHIP CAMPUS. DEREK BECKER WAS A STAR BASEBALL PLAYER. THEY ARE DEVASTATED BY HIS DEATH. ACCORDING TO THE WEST PALM POLICE, 21-YEAR-OLD DEREK WAS FOUND DEAD INSIDE HIS APARTMENT AFTER MIDNIGHT. POLICE B...

Charleston throughout the day today and tomorrow, neil. >> thanks, jacqui. on the phone, the mayor of charleston. thanks for taking the time. how are things looking by you? >> well, theyre looking pretty good in a sense, neil. im feeling a sigh of relief. as just reported -- we had more wind than expected but we had less water than expected. that was a good thing. flooding was our number 1 concern. >> neil: there was a big too-doo made in your state about the call for evacuations or to be carefu...

The middle of the night getting quie ready for a quiet weekend, the super bowl in a few hours. you kant see much in that video, but, what can you see is clearly sirens with people responding. in fact, i believe right now on the telephone we have the chief of public information for south carolina emergency management derek becker. we appreciate you joining us right now. can you please tell us, everybody in the fox news audience, what you know about the situation, sir. >> yes, sir. well, as you mi...

University of south carolina has a robust medical staff there. multiple hospitals to deal with a population center like columbia, south carolina. also, a research hospital should have some of the best doctors in and around the south carolina area there. so those injured albeit with nonlife threatening injuries according to public information officer derek becker. they should presumably be getting the best of care and quickly because its only about five miles from columbia, south carolina. ed: an...

Briefing as we have more information. this will be the joint information area the media briefing area. any official information about this incident will come from right here. of course, you guys telephone numbers. if anything comes up, give us a call, okay? thank you very much. todd: all right. back here in new york. you are looking at pictures right there. we are just hearing from derek becker the public information officer in that area to discuss the specifics of what just happened. as we know...

Pass along and i want to reiterate that you say out of the at least 70 injured, all or most were nonlife threatening injuries? >> thats correct. and that was new information that we got from lexington county. obviously numbers like that, total numbers can change when you have a very active and ongoing incident like this. report are anything from cuts and scrapes, we do have some reports of a couple of broken bones. but, at this point, nonlife threatening injuries. todd: mr. becker, we are being ...

There in lexington county from where this train did derail. again, the number on your screen, if you think you may have loved ones that are involved. rachel: the rest of the passengers who are not injured, they are being taken to pine ridge middle school. remember, they are stranded. they have nowhere to go. its dark. its in the middle of the night. they were probably on the way to vacation. ed: they may not be from this local area. some people may be getting off near here and may have family th...

Briefing in about 10 minutes. so, i need to run real quick so we have the most up to date information. ed: we appreciate it derek becker with south carolina emergency management. we understand he has more important things to do. getting information out is important but tending to those with injuries and getting to the bottom of the situation. we appreciate his time. we will try to reestablish with him. rachel: diesel, he mentioned diesel. that browft alarm to me. i know in the crash i was in thi...

There is some movement there in the area of cayse, south carolina where the emergency management team, state emergency management team will, in fact, be holding a news conference literally any moment now. we will go there live as soon as we see those members of the team there is a microphone we are told thats now been added can i see it right there. the left of the scene. the right of the scene is there are some people walking towards the microphone. it has not quite yet started yet as you can s...