Purdue student fatally shoots himself at indoor gun range
LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Twenty-five-year-old Purdue student Vijay Viswan went to Applied Ballistics Friday, where he killed himself just minutes before the indoor shooting range was supposed to close for the day at 7 p.m.
Viswan's driver's license indicated he was from South Elgin, Illinois, Tippecanoe County Coroner Carrie Costello said.
Viswan was testing a variety of weapons when he suddenly and intentionally shot himself, according to Lafayette police.
He was rushed from the shooting range in the 3200 block of Olympia Drive to a local hospital where he died, Costello said, indicating the coroner's office was called at 8:55 p.m. Friday.
Preliminary autopsy results indicate he died from a gunshot wound, and the manner of death is suicide, pending toxicology results, Costello said.
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