Nepalese student held after friend fatally shot at apartment

A Nepalese student studing at University of Indianapolis was charged with reckless homicide after authorities say he accidentally shot a fellow student to death outside an apartment.

Police arrested Subash Chandra Rai, 21, and charged him in Abolohom’s death, which police said resulted from an accidental shooting outside an off-campus apartment.Ghamdan Mohammed Abolohom, 23, was shot in the chest and died Sunday night at Wishard Memorial Hospital, Indianapolis police said.

Indianapolis police Maj. Lloyd Crowe said the men were friends and the shooting was an accident. Abolohom, who was from Yemen, was a senior with a double major in economics/finance and international business. Rai, a senior from Nepal, is majoring in economics.
The two men were friends, Indianapolis Police Maj. Lloyd Crowe said. Police are not releasing details of the incident, but Crowe said the shooting was an accident.

"The activity they were involved in with the gun was irresponsible," he said.

Abolohom participated in the May 6 commencement ceremony, Hall said, but still had one requirement to complete before formal graduation.

"The University of Indianapolis community is stunned and saddened by the tragic accident," he said in a statement released Monday. "Our thoughts and prayers are with both families.