Student charged with murder in fatal shooting of 2 in Colorado college dorm

Published February 23, 2024 10:36 AM

By COLLEEN SLEVIN
Associated Press

DENVER (AP) — A student has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder, felony menacing and committing a crime of violence in the shooting deaths of two people in a Colorado college dorm. A judge announced the charges against Nicholas Jordan during a hearing Friday. Jordan is accused in the Feb. 16 killing of his roommate, 24-year-old Samuel Knopp, and 26-year-old Celie Rain Montgomery, at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs. Jordan’s lawyer did not address the allegations in court.

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