Man Shot And Killed In Purdue University Classroom

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A man was killed Tuesday and a suspect was in custody after a shooting on the campus of Purdue University in Indiana, police and campus authorities said.

The shooting in the electrical engineering department building was reported to campus police about noon ET, and a text alert immediately went out urging students and staff to shelter in place, said Liz Evans, a spokeswoman for the college in West Lafayette.

No other information was available about the victim, who police said at a news conference remained unidentified.

Purdue University Police Chief John Cox says the suspect was arrested outside the building.

The electrical engineering building, in the northeast part of the campus, remained locked down, but the rest of the university was reopened Tuesday afternoon, campus police said, noting that there was no further threat.

A suspect, identified only as male, was arrested within minutes outside the building by West Lafayatte police, campus Police Chief John Cox said. 

Cox said the shooter appeared to have singled out his victim, targeting no one else.

"This individual seemed to have intentions for the decedent, took the action that the individual did and then turned around and left the building," he said. 

Kirk Choquette, a sophomore from Boston, told the Lafayette Journal & Courier newspaper that he was in the restroom when he heard gunshots the he described as "Ge-dang! Ge-dang! Ge-dang! all through the building."

"I ran back to class, which is the big lecture hall, E-129, started sitting down, saying, 'OK, this is a joke — whatever," Choquette said. "And then a cop came running in yelling: 'Get out! Get out! Get out of the building!'"

 

Campus officials said counseling would be offered for students and staff.

It's devastating, obviously, to hear this report on a college campus," Evans told NBC station WTHR of Indianapolis. "As a parent myself, I can only imagine. But at this point, the fact the rest of the campus is open should give people some relief."

[godfather03]

Malli firing aa, ee Psyco gallu mararu, RIP for the victim

[Josh]

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