Purdue University student Varun Manish Chheda killed in dorm room in McCutcheon Hall

Twenty-year-old Varun Manish Chheda of Indianapolis died early Wednesday inner his first-floor dorm room in McCutcheon Hall, an obvious sufferer of homicide, in accordance to Tippecanoe County Coroner Carrie Costello and Purdue University police.

Costello mentioned Wednesday afternoon that the purpose of dying was once more than one sharp-force aggravating injuries.

Chheda's roommate, Ji Min Sha, 22, is the suspect and is in custody, Purdue introduced in a information convention about 10 a.m. Wednesday. Chheda used to be a statistics science major.

Ji Min Sha went via the nickname Jimmy, and he used to be a cyber safety major, in accordance to statistics from the information conference.

At 10 a.m., the Tippecanoe County Jail said that the suspect had no longer been booked into the jail.

“We had him very shortly and there used to be no risk to campus through this man or woman any further," Purdue Police Chief Lesley Wiete stated about the arrest of the suspect.

The roommate referred to as police about 12:45 a.m. Wednesday to record the killing. He reportedly is in custody.

Wiete did now not remark on what would possibly have sparked the killing, however she cited that the killing took region internal the dorm room, which is the place they positioned the suspect.

"I cannot talk about that simply yet," Wiete stated when requested whether or not a weapon used to be used. "I'm hoping that as quickly as we are given the go beforehand and we get extra information, our group can assist launch similarly data to you for your reviews as well."

Police did no longer despatched out a campus alert due to the fact the suspect was once in custody and there used to be no threat to the campus community, Wiete said.

Purdue police declined to remark about the factual circumstances, referring media to Doty, whose e mail indicated that Purdue police are nevertheless gathering details. He stated that there is no risk to the Purdue neighborhood on the grounds that the suspect is in custody.

Students residing close to the crime scene had been moved to different rooms, and the university has counselors on hand for these who want it, Purdue conversation expert Trevor Peters stated.

Chheda is Tippecanoe County's fourth murder of the year.

Purdue President Mitch Daniels launched a declaration Wednesday.

"This is as tragic an tournament as we can think about taking place on our campus and our hearts and ideas go out to all of these affected through this horrible event.

"As Purdue's president, however even extra so as a father or mother myself, I guarantee you that the security and protection of our college students is the single best possible priority on our campus," Daniels said. "Purdue is an fantastically protected vicinity on any given day, and in contrast with cities of Purdue’s populace (approximately 60,000 in all), we journey a tiny fraction of violent and property crime that happens elsewhere.

"Such records are of no comfort on a day like this. A dying on our campus and amongst our Purdue household influences every of us deeply."

Daniels ended his legitimate declaration via including his gratitude for these who take the time to care for every different for the duration of this time at Purdue.

The final murder on Purdue's campus used to be Jan. 14, 2014, when Cody Cousins killed Andrew Boldt in the Electrical Engineering building. Cousin pleaded guilty, used to be sentenced, then killed himself in jail later in 2014.