Victim’s mother sues CU Colorado Springs, says campus mishandled complaints about dorm-room killer

Leaders at the University of Colorado s Colorado Springs campus mishandled a scholar s problematic behavior for weeks before he shot and killed two people in a dorm room in the mother of one of the casualties alleged in a lawsuit filed Wednesday The school failed to take action to protect students from Nicholas Jordan the -year-old man who killed his roommate Samuel Knopp and Celie Montgomery who was visiting Knopp on campus on Feb Montgomery s mother Melody Montgomery alleged in the lawsuit Jordan was convicted of the killings and sentenced to life in prison in April The -page lawsuit lays out a timeline of problems Jordan had on campus that started in early December and continued up until the February double homicide including complaints that he sexually harassed multiple women on campus used critical amounts of marijuana did not clean and threatened his roommates Jordan requested to move out of his campus housing because he had a bad roommate matter on Dec the lawsuit alleges He made several additional requests to move out in the coming weeks but was caught up in school bureaucracy his request to move was repeatedly stalled because he did the paperwork incorrectly the lawsuit alleges Knopp also reached out to school bureaucrats to ask that Jordan move out The roommates had several disputes between December and February and campus police responded to complaints about Jordan on several occasions including one instance in January in which Jordan threatened to kill Knopp because he was snitching to school police Related Articles UCCS dorm shooter ascertained guilty of murder gets life in prison CU Colorado Springs shooting suspect threatened to kill roommate over requests to clean affidavit shows Judge orders competency evaluation for alleged CU Colorado Springs dorm shooter Candidate arrested in fatal dorm shooting at CU Colorado Springs The school s Campus Assessment Response and Evaluation Club which exists to handle concerns about novice behavior was aware of Jordan s conduct and discussed it on multiple occasions but took no other action the lawsuit alleges The squad is authorized to coordinate welfare checks investigate aspirant behavior refer students to mental robustness services and take a variety of other moves to ensure campus safety the lawsuit alleges Defendants knew or should have known of the likely harm that could product from a mentally distressed person abusing drugs who threatens to kill his roommate by virtue of UCCS own polices and procedures the lawsuit states Melody Montgomery who is now caring for her daughter s two children who are and is seeking monetary compensation the lawsuit states Christopher Valentine a spokesman for CU Colorado Springs did not directly return a request for comment Thursday Sign up to get crime news sent straight to your inbox each day