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

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) – Nicholas Jordan, the man accused of killing his roommate and a woman at a UCCS dorm, has pleaded not guilty in the case.

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

During his court appearance on Friday, Jordan pleaded not guilty after Judge David Shakes ruled that Nicholas Jordan was competent to stand trial.

In March, Jordan’s defense team said he was incompetent to stand trial.

The first was done by a professional at the Colorado Psychiatric Hospital in Pueblo. found Jordan incompetent appear before the court.

The trial is scheduled for April 21.