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An Indian American student at New Jersey-based Rutgers University was killed April 10 in a shooting at an off-campus apartment near the university`s Newark campus.Shani Patel, 21, of Toms River, a junior at the university, was fatally shot around 10 p.m. April 10, and his 23-year-old roommate was undergoing surgery and listed in critical condition at a hospital. A substantial amount of drugs and money were found at the scene of the fatal shooting, and authorities believe the shooting may have occurred during a robbery. The university says the shooting isn`t a random act and there are no threats to the school community, which serves about 12,000 students at the downtown campus."I write with the sad news that last night we lost one of our students," Rutgers chancellor Nancy Cantor wrote in an email to students. "There is an active, ongoing investigation by the Newark Police Department of a crime that took place at a private residence located off campus.No suspects have been identified and no arrests have been made.
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