UCCS fatal shooting suspect pleads not guilty in deaths of Samuel Knopp and Celie Rain Montgomery

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) – Nicholas Jordan, accused of killing his roommate and a woman in his UCCS dormitory, is pleading not guilty in the case.

Jordan was arrested in February, just days after police found his roommate, Samuel Knopp, and a woman named Celie Rain Montgomery dead in a dormitory on campus. Jordan is charged with murder.

At Friday’s hearing, Jordan pleaded not guilty after Judge David Shakes ruled that Nicholas Jordan was competent to stand trial.

Jordan’s defense claimed in March that he was incompetent.

The first was done by a professional at the Colorado Mental Health Hospital in Pueblo. He found Jordan incompetent to be judged.

A hearing is scheduled for April 21.

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