A 20-year-old student at Purdue University in Indiana was killed in his dorm room early Wednesday, school officials said. His 22-year-old roommate is now in police custody on a charge of murder.
Varun Manish Chheda, a senior majoring in data science, was found dead inside his room at McCutcheon Hall, after the suspect, Gji Min Sha, called 911 at 12:44 a.m., Purdue University Chief of Police Lesley Weite said. The suspect is an international student from South Korea studying cyber security.
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