UCCS shooting suspect was victim’s roommate, but motive still unclear [Video]

The suspect accused of killing two people in a University of Colorado Colorado Springs dorm room was roommates with one of the victims, police said Tuesday. 

Twenty-five-year-old Nicholas Jordan of Detroit was arrested Monday morning, three days after his roommate, 24-year-old Samuel Knopp, and 26-year-old Celie Rain Montgomery were found dead in Crestone House, a dormitory in the Alpine Village community on the UCCS campus. 

The Colorado Springs Police Department said Jordan was located in a vehicle about three miles west of campus. He has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder, which can lead to a life sentence if convicted. 

Knopp and Montgomery, who is not a UCCS student, were found dead just after 6 a.m. on Friday after campus police were called for reports of gunshots. Both victims had at least one gunshot wound, police said.

The motive and what led to the shooting remain unclear, but Colorado Springs …