Student Arrested on Murder Charges After 2 Found Dead in Colorado College Dorm

Published on February 20, 2024

DENVER—A student was arrested Monday on murder charges over the shootings of two people who were found dead in a dorm room last week at the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs, police said. The Colorado Springs Police Department said they arrested Nicholas Jordan, 25, without incident on two counts of first-degree murder. Mr. Jordan was a student at the school at the time of the shooting, said university spokesperson Jenna Press. The victims were identified as Celie Rain Montgomery, 26, and Samuel Knopp, 24, a student at the university about 69 miles south of Denver. Montgomery was not currently enrolled. After getting an arrest warrant, the police’s motor vehicle theft unit found Mr. Jordan in a car and the tactical enforcement unit took him into custody in Colorado Springs, police announced on the social media platform X....

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