A 25-year-old student suspected of fatally shooting two people inside a dorm room at the University of Colorado's Colorado Springs campus has been arrested. Colorado Springs police announced Monday morning that they arrested Nicholas Jordan in Colorado Springs.
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Authorities said the suspect and victim knew each other. “This was not a random attack on other students at the school or university,” Colorado Springs police said in a statement.
They were a 24-year-old man and a 26-year-old woman. found dead He suffered gunshot wounds early Friday morning at Crestone House in the Alpine Village neighborhood.they were identified over the weekend as Samuel Knopp, a UCCS enrolled student from Parker, and Celie Lane Montgomery from Pueblo.
Jordan is from Detroit and is a student at UCCS, said school spokesman Chris Valentine. Police announced late Friday night that they had obtained warrants for his arrest on two counts of first-degree murder. He was spotted by officers near the 4900 block of Cliff Point Circle East Monday morning, arrested during a traffic stop and taken to the El Paso County Jail. No photos of his arrest have been released so far.
CSPD said the investigation is still ongoing. They ask anyone who has information about the crime that could help detectives and has not already spoken to police to contact them at (719) 444-7000. If you wish to remain anonymous, call the Crime Stoppers Tip Line at (719) 634-STOP (7867) or 1-800-222-8477.
The university planned a so-called healing march for Monday afternoon. It is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. at the Roaring Fork Diner, and anyone from the Colorado Springs area interested in participating in a memorial service for the victims is invited to do so. UCCS President Jennifer Sobanet, Student Body President Axel Braun and UCCS Police Chief Dwayne McCarver are among those scheduled to speak.
The UCCS campus is located along Austin Bluffs Parkway in northeast Colorado Springs. It is one of his four universities within the University of Colorado System. Other facilities are in Boulder, Denver, and Aurora (University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus).
