Suspect arrested in University of Colorado shooting that left two people dead
A Michigan man was arrested Monday on murder charges in connection with the fatal shooting of two people in a dormitory on the campus of the University of Colorado in Colorado Springs, police said.
Nicholas Jordan, 25, of Detroit, who was enrolled in college, was arrested in Colorado Springs on charges of first-degree murder in the shooting deaths of another student, Samuel Knopp, 24, of Parker, Colo., and Celie Rain Montgomery , 26, of Pueblo, Colorado, Colorado Springs police said Monday in a series of statements on X.
Mr. Jordan was being held on $1 million bond at the El Paso County Jail and was scheduled to appear in court on Tuesday. show data.
The police say that the investigation is ongoing and that those involved know each other. They did not provide a motive or other details.
Mr. Knopp studied music at the university and Mr. Jordan was also enrolled at the university, said Jenna Press, a university spokeswoman. She did not provide further details. The university's music program in 2023 was the focus a video of Mr. Knopp playing his guitar during his junior recital.
About 6 a.m. Friday, campus police received a call about gunfire coming from Crestone House, a dormitory on the campus of the University of Colorado in Colorado Springs, a city of about 480,000 at the foot of the Rocky Mountains.
Campus police found two dead in the room and called Colorado Springs police, who sent the homicide unit to investigate.
By Friday evening, police had issued an arrest warrant, launching a search for Mr. Jordan. On Sunday, police called the shooting “an isolated incident between parties who knew each other and not a random attack on the school or other students at the university.”
The department said it was working with campus police to ensure the campus community was safe.
The search continued through the weekend, until around 8 a.m. Monday morning, when a motor vehicle theft unit found Mr. Jordan in a car downtown, police said. He was taken into custody after about 30 minutes.
Students and officials held a “healing walk” on campus Monday, laying flowers at the base of a marble statue of a mountain lion, a symbol of the university and the mascot of its athletic teams.