UCCS shooter found guilty of murder, gets life in prison

The -year-old man who shot and killed two people in a University of Colorado dorm room last year will spend the rest of his life in prison court personnel commented El Paso County District Court Judge Davis Shakes sentenced Nicholas Jordan on Wednesday to two consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole after a jury ascertained the -year-old guilty of all charges th Judicial District Attorney Michael Allen stated during a Wednesday afternoon news conference That includes two counts of felony first-degree murder three violent crime sentence enhancers and a menacing misdemeanor according to court records On Feb Jordan shot and killed -year-old Samuel Knopp and -year-old Celie Montgomery in a dorm room on the CU s Colorado Springs campus Related Articles Aurora police revamped SWAT operations after killing unarmed man last year Gambian ex-soldier convicted in Denver trial of torturing suspected backers of failed coup Man charged in Denver teen s murder sentenced to years in prison Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump s use of Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelans from Colorado Funeral home owner who left corpse in hearse in Denver for a over a year pleads guilty Allen called the shooting a senseless roommate dispute that escalated to a double-murder during the news conference Earlier that year Jordan had threatened to kill Knopp his roommate over being inquired to take out the trash according to court documents The menacing charge stemmed from that death threat Sign up to get crime news sent straight to your inbox each day