A person suspected of committing a crime was arrested shooting two people One of the dead was a roommate at a University of Colorado Colorado Springs dormitory, police said.
Colorado Springs Police Chief Adrian Vasquez confirmed the suspect to NBC News on Tuesday morning Nicholas JordanThe 25-year-old girl from Detroit was the roommate of the victim, Samuel Knopp, who was a senior at the school.
Knopp, 24, and Celie Rain Montgomery, 26, a non-student, were found dead Friday morning in the university’s Crestone House residence hall.
The deaths prompted a one-hour campus lockdown until it was determined there was no active shooter and it was investigated as a homicide.
An arrest warrant was issued late Friday for Jordan — a student at the university — on two counts of first-degree murder. He was in a car Monday morning and was taken into custody in Colorado Springs, police said social media.
Vasquez said officials were concerned Jordan might flee the area during the search.
“We didn’t know exactly where he was,” he said in an interview aired Tuesday on NBC’s “TODAY” show. “So we spent a lot of time, constantly clearing teams.”
Police said Monday that the investigation showed the shooting was “an isolated incident between people who knew each other, not a random attack on other students at the school or university.”
Jordan, who is scheduled to appear in court Tuesday afternoon, is being held on $1 million bond, according to online booking records.
Knopp was from Parker, about 60 miles north of campus, and was studying music, school officials said.
“He was an accomplished guitarist and an extremely talented musician,” Chancellor Jennifer Sobanet said in a statement to the campus community.
Senior Haden Garcia Gillespie said Knopp was his best friend.
“He was probably the most talented guitarist I’ve ever met. And you could tell it was taken from us too soon,” he said.
“I don’t think anyone could imagine something like this happening,” he said.
Montgomery was from Pueblo, about 45 miles south of campus, and studied culinary arts for a semester at Pueblo Community College.
“These deaths, and the unimaginable pain that results from them, occur all too often in an environment where teaching and learning should be our sole concern,” the college said in a statement.
The University of Colorado Colorado Springs was closed over the weekend and classes were canceled on Monday to allow students to participate in a “day of healing.”