CRIME
Suspect Arrested In Fatal Shooting At University Of Colorado Dorm
Colorado Springs Police Department
Police on Monday said a suspect was in custody in connection with the deaths of two people found fatally shot in a dorm room on the campus of University of Colorado at Colorado Springs on Friday.
Nicholas Jordan, 25, was arrested shortly after 8:30 a.m. Monday after members of the Colorado Springs Police Departments Motor Vehicle Theft Unit located him in a vehicle, police said. The CSPDs Tactical Enforcement Unit responded and took Jordan into custody without incident on the 4900 block of Cliff Point Circle East.
Shortly before 6 a.m. Friday, the University of Colorado Colorado Springs Police Department received a report of shots fired at the Crestone House dormitory. Officers arrived to find a man and woman deceased. Colorado Springs Police then took over the investigation.
Jordan, of Detroit, Mich., was identified as a suspect and a warrant was issued for his arrest later Friday evening.
The victims were identified by the El Paso County Coroner’s Office on Saturday as 26-year-old Celie Rain Montgomery of Pueblo and 24-year-old Samuel Knopp of Parker. Police said Knopp was a student at the university, but Montgomery was not.
Investigative efforts continue to indicate this was an isolated incident between individuals who were known to one another and not a random attack against the school or other students at the university, police said.
Jordan will be booked into the El Paso County Jail on two counts of first-degree murder.
The investigation remains active, and police are asking anyone with information to come forward or submit an anonymous tip.
TMX contributed to this article.
