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Suspect in custody in fatal shooting of 2 people in Colorado university dorm
- A suspect was apprehended Monday morning in connection with the deaths of two people found fatally shot in a Colorado university dorm room last week, Colorado Springs police said.
- Additional details, including the suspect’s identity and the charges, were not immediately available.
- “Investigative efforts continue to indicate this was an isolated incident between individuals who were known to one another and not a random attack against the school or other students at the university,” police said in a news release.
- The victims were found dead Friday at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs’ Crestone House residence. They were identified over the weekend as Samuel Knopp, 24, a student at the university, and Celie Rain Montgomery, 26. She was not a student there, the police department said in a previous statement.
- The deaths were being investigated as a homicide.
- The deaths prompted an hourlong campus lockdown until it was determined there was no active shooter.
- The university was closed over the weekend, and Monday classes were canceled so students could participate in a “day of healing,” the institution said in a letter to its campus community.
- “We encourage everyone to come together throughout the day to support one another and intentionally set aside time for healing,” the school said.
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