Andrew Boldt, a Purdue senior from West Bend, Wis., died after being shot during the Purdue University campus incident on Tuesday.
USA Today reports 23-year old Cody Cousins, fellow senior and teaching assistant in computer engineering, was booked on a preliminary charge of murder without bail. The suspect is being held in the Tippecanoe County Jail.
Police chief John Cox said they believe the incident is an isolated and intentional act. Cody Cousins allegedly targeted Andrew Boldt and surrendered to the police within minutes of the attack, according to Yahoo! News.
Without injuring or interacting with anyone else, witnesses reported that Cousins entered the classroom around noon, fired shots at Boldt and exited the facility and within minutes turned himself in to the police.
On Tuesday, authorities arrested Cousins, without resistance, but hasn't immediately cooperated with investigators.
Police are still searching for a motive as well as a connection between the gunman and his victim, both students in the University's engineering school. Cox says they have found no concrete indication that there was any conflict or any type of relationship between Boldt and Cousins.
The school has an enrollment of 40,000 students, 6,000 of which are engineering students. Immediately following the incident, the entire campus was placed on lockdown then lifted after about 2 hours.
Purdue Provost Tim Sands said during the time of the incident, President Mitch Daniels was away on a weeklong trip in Colombia but has cut his trip short and retuning to Purdue as soon as possible. Sands will be leaving Purdue in June to assume the position of president in Virginia Tech, infamous for the April 2007 massacre that ended with 33 deaths, including the student gunman.
Both families of Boldt and Cousins could not be reached for comment on Tuesday, reports Yahoo! News.
Nursing student Julissa Martinez recalls her experience; she received a message about the school lockdown while in her psychology class. Her professor kept teaching for a while but stopped lecturing to allow students to contact and inform people they were unharmed, says Fox News.
A candlelight vigil was held on campus Tuesday evening.
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