Varun Chheda, a Purdue University student was killed in his dorm room at McCutcheon Hall, police say. His roommate, Gji Min Sha, is in custody.
A Purdue University student was killed in a residence hall early Wednesday morning, the university said.
Weite said his roommate, 22-year-old Gji Min Sha, is in custody on a charge of murder. Sha is a junior majoring in cyber security and is an international student from Seoul, South Korea.Wiete said Sha, who goes by the nickname "Jimmy," called police at around 12:45 a.m. "alerting us to the death of his roommate" in their first-floor dorm room on the campus in West Lafayette, which is about 65 miles northwest of Indianapolis, Wiete said.
An investigation is underway and there is not a threat to the community, the university said. No other roommates lived with the victim and suspect, Weite said. We do not have all the details yet. Our Purdue University Police Department is conducting a thorough investigation of this incident so that we all may learn more about what transpired.
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