COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A Michigan man is accused in the shooting deaths of two people in a dormitory room last week at the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs, authorities said Monday.
According to the Colorado Springs Police Department, Nicholas Trevon Jordan, 25, of Detroit, was arrested on suspicion of two counts of first-degree murder stemming from Friday’s shooting, The Denver Post reported.
He is accused in the deaths of Samuel Knopp, 24, of Parker, who was a student at the university; and Celie Rain Montgomery, 26, of Pueblo. Both victims were in a Crestone House dorm room, according to the newspaper.
Jordan was enrolled at the school at the time of the shooting, university spokesperson Jenna Press said, according to the Post.
Police said they obtained an arrest warrant for Jordan late Friday, KCNC-TVreported. He was spotted by Colorado Springs police officers on Monday morning and was arrested after a traffic stop, …