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Purdue University Student Arrested On Murder Charge After Roommate Killed Inside Dorm

Early on Wednesday morning, a 20-year-old Purdue University student was discovered dead in his dorm room at McCutcheon Hall. His roommate has been arrested.

According to ABC, Purdue University Chief of Police Lesley Weite said at a news conference that the suspect, 22-year-old international student Gji ‘Jimmy’ Min Sha, a junior majoring in cyber security, called 911 to report the incident at 12:44 a.m.

Sha is in custody, charged with the murder of a fellow student named Varun Manish Chheda. As he was taken into Tippecanoe County Jail, he repeatedly said “I love my family,” according to WTHR13,

During a press conference, Officer Weite said a preliminary autopsy found Chheda’s death was caused by “multiple sharp force traumatic injuries.”’

According to MEAWW, residents heard a “scream or some loud noises” that woke them up in the middle of the night.

Both roommates were awake during the incident, and the murder in the first-floor dorm room was “unprovoked and senseless.” Authorities are still investigating the motive for Chheda’s death.

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