Colorado Springs student who shot his roommate and woman in dorm room previously threatened to kill him for not taking out the trash

A Colorado Springs student who shot his roommate and wife in an on-campus dorm had previously threatened to kill him for not taking out the trash — weeks before the horrific crime.

Nicholas Jordan, 25, was charged with two counts of first-degree murder, criminal menacing and committing a crime of violence in the Feb. 26 slayings of his roommate, Samuel Knopp, 24, and Celie Rain Montgomery.

A talented musician, Knopp lived with Jordan in the Crestone House campus dormitory at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs.

A month before the double murder, Jordan threatened Knopp, telling him he would ‘kill him’ if he was asked to take out the trash again, according to court documents released Friday.

A report was filed with campus police and housing officials about multiple conflicts the couple had, including the latest threat, but there was no indication that university officials made any attempt to remove the suspect from the room, according to court documents.

Knopp had complained about his new, randomly selected roommate and was scheduled to move out the day he died.

Chris Valentine, a spokesman for the University of Colorado Colorado Springs, said the university “could not provide additional information about the people involved in this incident” due to the ongoing investigation and federal student privacy laws.

The new details about the shooting and the threat were included in an arrest affidavit released by a judge after charges against Jordan were announced during a hearing Friday in El Paso County’s 4th Judicial Court.

Jordan’s attorney, Nick Rogers, objected to the document’s release, in part because he said his client — a junior studying accounting — “would continue to be persecuted in the media.”

Rogers did not address the charges against Jordan during the hearing and unsuccessfully tried to have his client released from jail without posting bail.

In addition to the waste incident, there is a third housemate who lived with Knopp and the suspect. told investigators that he and Knopp had both filed multiple complaints about Jordan’s “cleanliness of living area,” and his marijuana and cigarette smoke, the document said.

Jordan filed to withdraw from the university approximately 14 hours before the fatal shooting. His dorm room was empty when police arrived, court records said.

An electronic access number assigned to Jordan was used twice to enter the dorm on Feb. 16, once just before 4 a.m. and a second time at 5:42 am.

A few minutes before 6 a.m., a surveillance camera captured someone running out of the dorm, the arrest affidavit said.

The warrant for Jordan’s arrest was issued on the first day of the investigation, but he was not publicly identified as a suspect until he was arrested Monday in a residential area of ​​Colorado Springs, about three miles from campus.

In addition to a gun that prosecutors say was found in Jordan’s car, authorities recently learned he also had a fully loaded AK-47, Robert Willett of the 4th Judicial District Attorney’s Office told Judge David Shakes.

Jordan was working a temporary job and appeared to have all his belongings in his car when he was arrested, Willett said, arguing that Jordan was a flight risk.

According to police, the other roommate reported the shots early on Feb. 16, leading to the discovery of Knopp and Montgomery’s bodies at Crestone House, a dorm in a complex that offers students apartment-style living.

Knopp’ was a senior music major and a beloved member of the Visual and Performing Arts department.

He was an accomplished guitarist and an extremely talented musician,” university Chancellor Jennifer Sobanet said in a statement Sunday.

Montgomery was not a university student.