Colorado murder suspect had threatened to kill roommate who complained about state of their dorm, affidavit says

The killings of a Colorado college student and a woman in a campus dorm one week ago were preceded by conflicts between roommates, according to a court document unsealed Friday.

Among the arguments the roommates had was one over taking out the trash, according to a police detective’s affidavit filed in court to support the arrest of Nicholas Trevon Jordan, 25, a University of Colorado Colorado Springs student.

Jordan, 25, has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the Feb. 16 deaths of roommate Samuel Knopp, 24, and Celie Rain Montgomery, 26, in a dorm at the Crestone House residences.

The affidavit, which was unsealed Friday, cited an interview with another roommate of Jordan and Knopp's, who said Knopp collected a bag of garbage and placed it near the defendant’s door in January, precipitating a death threat, according to the affidavit.

“Mr. Jordan threatened Mr. Knopp and told him that he would ‘kill him’ and there would be consequences if Mr. Jordan was asked to take out the trash again,” the affidavit stated.

The incident was included in at least one of three complaints Knopp lodged with campus police and housing officials on Jan. 9, the document stated.

The roommate, who reported the gunfire on Feb. 16 and hid in his locked room until police arrived, said he and Knopp had made complaints about Jordan's cleanliness in the dorm and alleged that he smoked marijuana in his room and created “unsafe living conditions,” the affidavit said.

Campus police and housing officials confirmed receiving complaints, the affidavit said.

The day before the shooting, Jordan filed a request to withdraw from his classes and from campus housing, the affidavit stated.

On Feb. 16, security video captured a man of