The suspect in the gruesome double murder of a University of Colorado student and his girlfriend in a campus dorm room was also a student at the school and a roommate of one of the victims, police said Tuesday. .
Nicholas Jordan, 25, of Detroit, is a senior at the University of Colorado Springs and is accused of fatally shooting his roommates Samuel Knopp, 24, and Celie Lane Montgomery, 26, on Friday. , both victims were found with single gunshot wounds to the head. , according to police.
Colorado Springs police tracked down Jordan and charged him with two counts of first-degree murder on Monday. The suspect was Knopp’s college roommate and they both lived in the Crestone House dormitory where the bodies were discovered. The Denver Post said:.
Jordan appeared in court Tuesday and was ordered held on $5 million cash bail by El Paso County Court Judge Shannon Gerhart, the newspaper reported.
Prosecutor Robert Willett said the high bail was warranted because there were “indications that he attempted to flee the state” after the double murder.
Police were called to the dormitory around 6 a.m. Friday for reports of shots fired and found two bodies. This was announced by the Colorado Springs Police Department. In a press release.
The university was placed on lockdown for about an hour, but police quickly identified Jordan as a suspect and by Friday evening had warrants for his arrest on two counts of murder.
On Monday, police found Jordan sitting in his car shortly before 8 a.m. and arrested him.
Police have not released details about the motive or circumstances that led to the gruesome shooting.
Initial reports said the double slaying Friday morning was a suicide, but police discontinued that report after identifying Jordan as the suspect.
in Monday’s Facebook post, University President Jennifer Sobanet said the school had scheduled two forums for students and staff on Tuesday to provide further information about the incident.
CSPD has reiterated that previous investigative efforts continue to show that this was an isolated incident between parties who knew each other and was not a random attack on other students at the school or university. Ta. ” she said. “The university will continue to share information as much as possible.”
in Follow-up Facebook Postthe school said the shootings of Mr. Knopp and Mr. Montgomery are among three recent deaths on its Colorado Springs campus.
“Earlier this week, the UCCS community lost Mia Brown, a fourth-year student in the nursing program, due to a personal medical emergency at the UCCS Recreation Center,” the school said in a statement.
“All three lives lost will live on in the hearts of the mountain lion community and we will all work together to process these losses and advance healing.”
