— Twenty-year-old Varun Manish Chheda of Indianapolis died early Wednesday inside his first-floor dorm room in McCutcheon Hall, an apparent victim of homicide, according to Tippecanoe County Coroner Carrie Costello and Purdue University police.
Chheda's roommate, Ji Min Sha, 22, is the suspect and is in custody, Purdue announced in a news conference about 10 a.m.
“We had him very quickly and there was no threat to campus by this individual any further," Purdue Police Chief Lesley Wiete said about the arrest of the suspect.
Police did not sent out a campus alert because the suspect was in custody and there was no danger to the campus community, Wiete said.
He noted that there is no danger to the Purdue community since the suspect is in custody.
"As Purdue's president, but even more so as a parent myself, I assure you that the safety and security of our students is the single highest priority on our campus," Daniels said.
The last homicide on Purdue's campus was Jan.
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