Friends Could Hear The Screams Of Murdered Purdue Student During Game

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NEW: I talked to a friend of Varun Chheda, the student killed at Purdue. Andrew Wu says Varun was kind, smart and passionate. As for Varun's roommate, now arrested for his murder, Wu says Varun never said much about him. Live reports coming on

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Some students said they heard Chheda's distant screams throughout the building, but fellow student Andrew Wu heard him echo in his ear, he told Arunabh Sinha, a childhood friend of Chheda, further confirmed to that Chheda was playing with his friends and pkvgames chatting through Discord when Sha allegedly killed him.

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Chheda, 20, suffered multiple sharp force injuries to his body inside his dorm room at McCutcheon Hall after midnight on October 5. His roommate, Gji Min Sha, 22, has since been arrested for the crime. 

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'We extend our deepest condolences to the entire Chheda family. Park Tudor counselors are available to assist any members of our community who may require support; please keep the Chheda family in your thoughts and prayers.' 

'Varun Chheda was a very kind, gentle young man with an absolutely brilliant mind, and he would have done amazing things in and for this world,' Laughner wrote on Facebook. 'It's a tragedy that his life was senselessly taken before he had a chance to do so.' 

Sha was an international student from South Korea studying cybersecurity. He was arrested after he called campus police to report Chheda's death at 12.44am on Wednesday, Tim Doty, Purdue's director of media and public relations, told the

'We played games together all the time, video games, card games, you name it. Even hundreds of miles away, for the past four years in college we still kept in touch. We'd hang out six to seven times a week just to play games together,' Wu said. 

'He was destined to make a large impact in our world and while we have been robbed of this opportunity, I am still highly appreciative to have known him since 1st grade. Rest in peace, Varun. We will miss you dearly.'