Univ. of Colorado shooting suspect threatened to ‘kill’ roommate over taking out garbage, had AK-47-style rifle at arrest: court docs
The Colorado college student charged with killing his roommate and another person in their dorm threatened to “kill” one of the victims weeks ago in a dispute about trash, court documents alleged.
New details emerged Friday in the Feb. 16 slayings of Samuel Knopp, 24, and Delie Rain Montgomery, 26, at the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs.
Nicholas Trevon Jordan threatened to kill Knopp on Jan. 9 as the two bickered over garbage, according to an arrest affidavit obtained by The Post.
“Mr. Jordan threatened Mr. Knopp and told him that he would ‘kill him’ and there would be consequences if Mr. Jordan was asked to take out the trash again,” the document said.
The unsettling dispute was reported to campus authorities and housing officials, though there is no evidence that the school tried to mediate the issue or remove Jordan from the dorm despite repeated reports about conflicts, the document indicated.
Prosecutors on Friday also revealed that Jordan, 25, had a fully loaded, AK-47-style assault rifle and a handgun in his car when he was taken into custody on Monday.
Jordan, of Detroit, is facing two first-degree murder charges.
In the days after Knopp and Montgomery were killed, a third roommate told police that they had reported Jordan’s “living area cleanliness” and marijuana and cigarette use to the university multiple times. Jordan allegedly threatened Knopp after Knopp gathered trash in a bag and left it outside Jordan’s bedroom door, the other roommate said.
UCCS declined to comment on the alleged reports.
Jordan – a junior who was studying accounting – filed to withdraw from the school completely about 14 hours before the shootings.
He was arrested in a residential part of Colorado Springs on Monday.
Knopp and Montgomery’s bodies were found in Crestone House, a dorm complex with apartment-style facilities for both graduate and undergraduate students. Knopp was a senior studying music at the university. Montgomery did not attend the school.
Police later clarified that the tragedy was an “isolated incident” and that no one else on campus was in danger.
During Friday’s proceedings, Jordan’s attorney, public defense Nick Rogers, objected to the unsealing of the arrest affidavit and other documents on the grounds that his client would be “prosecuted in the media.”
Rogers also tried unsuccessfully to have Jordan released without paying his $5 million bail.
Jordan’s next court date is set for March 15.
With Post wires
