The suspect arrested on murder charges in the fatal shooting of two people at a University of Colorado Colorado Springs dorm was the roommate of one of the victims, police said.
Colorado Springs Police Chief Adrian Vasquez on Tuesday morning confirmed to NBC News that suspect Nicholas Jordan, 25, of Detroit, was the roommate of victim Samuel Knopp, a senior at the school.
Knopp, 24, and Celie Rain Montgomery, 26, who was not a student, were found dead Friday morning at the university’s Crestone House residence.
The deaths triggered an hourlong campus lockdown until it was determined there was no active shooter, and were being investigated as homicides.
An arrest warrant was issued for Jordan late Friday on two counts of first-degree murder. He was located in a vehicle Monday morning and taken into custody in Colorado Springs, police said on social media.
Jordan is a student at the university, the school confirmed.
Police said Monday that the investigation indicates the shooting 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.”
Jordan is due to appear in court Tuesday afternoon, according to online booking records.
Knopp was from the town of Parker, about 60 miles north of campus, and was studying music, school officials said.
“He was an accomplished guitar player and an extremely talented musician,” Chancellor Jennifer Sobanet said in a statement to the campus community.
Montgomery was from Pueblo, about 45 miles south of campus, and had studied culinary arts for a semester at Pueblo Community College.
“These deaths, and the ensuing unimaginable pain, are happening much too often in an environment where teaching and learning should be our only concern,” the college said in a statement.
The University of Colorado Colorado Springs campus was closed over the weekend and classes were canceled Monday for students to participate in a “day of healing.”
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