The man accused of killing two people at a University of Colorado Colorado Springs dorm room last month will undergo a competency evaluation, an El Paso County judge ordered on Monday. 

Nicholas Jordan, 25, is facing two charges of first-degree murder for allegedly shooting and killing Celie Rain Montgomery, 26, of Pueblo, and Samuel Knopp, 24, of Parker, in the early morning hours of Feb. 16. 

Jordan and Knopp were roommates and students at the UCCS, according to previous reporting from The Gazette. Jordan’s arrest affidavit states that Jordan had made a death threat against Knopp over taking out the trash, and that campus security and housing had recorded multiple complaints about Jordan prior to the shooting. 

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Jordan appeared in court on Monday for a review hearing to help determine if attorneys would be ready to proceed to a preliminary hearing at the end of the month. Instead, Jordan’s defense attorney, Nick Rogers, informed the court that he had filed a motion for a competency evaluation. 

“I’m incompetent,” Jordan could be heard saying at one point in the hearing. 

Judge David Shakes granted the defense motion and ordered the evaluation, noting that he was “concerned” with Jordan’s competency.

Jordan’s case will be delayed until he is declared competent by a state psychologist. If he is found incompetent the case will remain on hold until Jordan is restored to competency. 

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Because of Jordan’s competency evaluation, his preliminary hearing originally scheduled for March 27 has been delayed indefinitely. 

Rogers also filed a motion for Jordan to appear at future court proceedings in civilian clothing, but Shakes did not rule on the motion because the county attorney’s office had yet to file a response. 

Jordan will return to court on April 12 for a review hearing to check on the status of the competency evaluation and determine next steps. 

Jordan remains in custody at the El Paso County jail on a $5 million bond. At Jordan’s first appearance Rogers implied that Jordan was unable to post a $5 million bond, or anything close to it, but on Monday Jordan asked Judge Shakes where someone could pay the $5 million bond for his release. 

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