COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A suspect needed in reference to the taking pictures deaths of two folks in a dorm room on the College of Colorado Colorado Springs has been arrested.
The Colorado Springs Police Division made the announcement in a social media publish Monday, however they’ve but to launch the suspect’s title or reserving particulars.
The 2 victims — a 24-year-old man and a 26-year-old lady — have been recognized Sunday as 26-year-old Celie Rain Montgomery of Pueblo and 24-year-old Samuel Knopp of Parker.
Parker was a registered scholar at UCCS, whereas Montgomery was not enrolled on the college, based on the division.
Police mentioned in a social media publish that the shootings Friday morning don’t seem like murder-suicide. Their deaths will probably be investigated as homicides.
The victims have been discovered lifeless when police responded to a report of a taking pictures round 6 a.m. Police say the coroner’s workplace will decide how they died, however every individual was shot a minimum of as soon as.
A lockdown throughout campus lasted for about 90 minutes and later was remoted to a scholar house complicated. Colorado Springs Christian Faculty was additionally placed on lockdown as a precaution following the studies of gunfire on the school campus.’
Police imagine the taking pictures was an remoted incident and so they mentioned there isn’t any menace to the general public.
“Investigative efforts to date proceed to point that is an remoted incident between events that have been recognized to 1 one other and never a random assault towards the varsity or different college students on the college,” police mentioned in a information launch.
UCCS will stay closed Monday on account of the taking pictures, however a therapeutic stroll to honor the victims is scheduled for two p.m. on the campus. The stroll begins on the Roaring Fork Eating Corridor and ends on the El Pomar Plaza. Parking is free.
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