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Shooting at Purdue by OMAR ILYAS It had been another normal day at Purdue University when Andrew Boldt was shot and killed by a gunman. Boldt, a 21-year-old student and teaching assistant, suffered both knife and gunshot wounds when he was fatally attacked around 12:30 PM, Tuesday in Purdue’s School of Electrical and Computer Engineering building. When police arrived to the scene after being updated on the situation, they found the aggravator, fellow student Cody Cousins, sitting on the ground with his hands behind his head as if he was waiting to be caught. In addition, his hands and clothes were stained with blood. What officials found confusing was that Cousins did not attempt to run away or deny that he had anything to do with the dead body that laid by his feet. Authorities are stumped to as why the defendant “turned himself in”.
the gunman, believe that the suspect seemed to have only one target in mind—killing only Andrew Boldt. The city police officer that arrested the gunman says, “This individual seemed to have had intentions for the decedent.”
student at Purdue University, he had no apparent connections with his fellow student, Andrew Boldt.
During his 10 minute hearing, Cousins sat composedly with his hands in his lap and answered quietly with an occasional “yes” or “no” when the magistrate asked him questions and explained that he could receive a maximum of 65 years in prison if he was convicted. His family attended the hearing and expressed shock that Connor would do Cops arriving to the scene of the such a thing. Cousin’s court shooting. trial has tentatively been set for April 22. Image credit: http://a.abcnews.com/images/US/ HT_purdue_shooting_jef_140121_16x9_992.jpg
As for the defendant’s family and friends, they are all confused on why he killed Boldt. Boldt, according to them, was a straight-A student with a good social life. He had many friends, and even a girlfriend. However, this was in high school. During his life at Purdue University, many classAnother noteworthy part mates described him as a rude of this investigation is that, unindividual, and his professors like in most shootings, the gunstate that he was very “intense” man did not kill himself or kill a and “aggressive” about his prolarge group of people, which jects. Furthermore, he tended to leads police to wonder if the believe that he was always right, gunman had a personal grudge and would get very confrontational against the victim. Many officers, during debates. However, altincluding the one that arrested hough Cousins was not the nicest
Meanwhile, Andrew Boldt’s funeral is scheduled for Tuesday in his hometown of West Bend, Wisconsin. The funeral is open to all of his friends and family, as well as local residents. However, Pastor Nathon Reesman says that Boldt’s family members continue to request that their privacy be respected, and he asks that the media do not attend the visitation and the funeral.