A man charged with killing his roommate and a woman, said he was going to “kill him” a month before the fatal shooting if the victim told him to take out the garbage again, according to a probable cause affidavit released Friday.

Nicholas Jordan, 25, and Samuel Knopp, 24, were warring roommates before Jordan fatally shot Knopp and Celie Rain Montgomery, 26, who was reportedly in a relationship with Knopp, in Jordan and Knopp’s shared University of Colorado-Colorado Springs dorm room on Feb. 16. 

A neighboring roommate and Knopp reported Jordan several times for “unsafe living conditions” and smoking in the room, which were documented in at least three campus police reports since early January, according to the affidavit. 

On Jan. 9, Knopp and Jordan fought over a bag of trash. Jordan allegedly “told (Knopp) that he would ‘kill him’ and there would be consequences if Jordan was asked to take out the trash again,” the affidavit says.

Law enforcement and prosecutors dispute Nicholas’ brother’s assertions in the affidavit, including security cameras unknown to students. 

At 5:56 a.m. on Feb. 16, “a person in dark clothing is observed running out” out the dorm buildings …. It is believed the subject running would have parked in the area to the north to avoid observation in known cameras.”

An image in the probable cause affidavit against Nicholas Jordan includes an image of the campus and the camera viewed by security cameras.  (Colorado Springs PD/affidavit )

Law enforcement were looking for Jordan’s black 2099 Ford Escape, which was pulled over on Jan. 20 for making an illegal U-Turn, according to the affidavit. 

Shortly before 8 a.m. Monday, Colorado Springs Police Department’s Motor Vehicle Theft Unit spotted the truck, police said on X (formerly Twitter), and a tactical team arrested him about 30 minutes later without incident.

Arresting officers found an AK-47 and a handgun in his car, prosecutors alleged during Jordan’s second court appearance Friday morning. 

Jordan was charged with two counts of first-degree murder, felony menacing and committing a crime of violence, and is being held on $5 million cash bail in a jail in El Paso County, Colorado. 

A status conference has been scheduled for March 15, and his next court date is scheduled for March 27.