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Colorado dorm murders suspect was student at university, school says
The suspect arrested in connection to the shooting inside a dorm at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs that left two people dead was a student, the school confirmed to Fox News.
“On Monday morning, February 19, 2024, members of the Colorado Springs Police Department took a suspect into custody in connection to our investigation into the homicides on Friday, February 16, 2024, on the campus of the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs (UCCS),” the Colorado Springs Police Department posted on X, formerly Twitter.
On Monday, just before 8 a.m., members of the Colorado Springs Police Department’s Motor Vehicle Theft Unit located Nicholas Jordan, who is from Detroit, Michigan, in a vehicle. Police said he was taken into custody without incident.
“Investigative efforts continue to indicate this was an isolated incident between individuals who were known to one another and not a random attack against the school or other students at the university,” the post continued.
COLORADO POLICE IDENTIFY 2 KILLED IN COLLEGE DORM SHOOTING
Nicholas Jordan, 25, has been arrested in connection with the killing of two people inside a University of Colorado dorm. (Colorado Springs Police Department)
The university told Fox News that Jordan was enrolled at the school at the time of the shooting. He was arrested on suspicion of two counts of first-degree murder.
Just before 6 a.m. on Friday, university police received a call that shots were fired from the Crestone House, a campus dormitory.
When officers responded to the room, they found a man and woman inside, later identified as 24-year-old Samuel Knopp of Parker, Colorado, and 26-year-old Celie Rain Montgomery of Pueblo, Colorado, who were both dead, each with one gunshot wound to the head.
COLORADO POLICE INVESTIGATING 2 FOUND DEAD IN DORM ROOM AS HOMICIDE: ‘DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE A MURDER-SUICIDE’
Police officer cruiser at the scene of a crime in Colorado Springs, Colorado. (Helen H. Richardson/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images)
The Coroner’s Office is currently working on the cause and manner of death, as both are being investigated as homicide.
Police said Sunday that the primary focus of the investigation has been on the victims and pursuing justice for them and their families.
Fox News Digital’s Chris Eberhart and Greg Wehner contributed to this story.
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WASHINGTON (7News) — Several loaded Glocks and other illegal guns were seized by law enforcement during a 24-hour enforcement period across Washington, D.C.
The enforcement spanned from June 6 to June 7, and involved members of the D.C. Safe and Beautiful Task Force and U.S. Park Police (USPP).
A loaded Glock 19 was seized during a traffic stop on Clara Barton Parkway, and a loaded Glock 43 was found during a different traffic stop in Northwest D.C., USPP said.
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In addition, a handgun was seized from a person in Anacostia Park. Three guns, including an AR-style pistol, were taken during a traffic stop near Benning Road.
Another gun was recovered and multiple arrests were made during a traffic stop on the Baltimore-Washington Parkway, USPP said.
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“Every illegal firearm removed from our communities is a potential act of violence prevented,” USPP Chief Scott Brecht said.
The enforcement was carried out under President Donald Trump’s Operation Make D.C. Safe and Beautiful.
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“Under @POTUS’ DC Safe & Beautiful order, we are REDUCING violent crime and REMOVING illegal weapons from our nation’s capital!” U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum wrote in a social media post.
While traveling in Wyoming, I have often pointed out a lone tree off in the distance, standing against the elements. So, it is not surprising that there is/was a town called Lonetree.
Lonetree is a census-designated place in Uinta County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 49 at the 2010 census.
Today Lonetree is a remote community in Uinta County, nestled just north of the high Uinta Mountains.
If you are on Highway 141, you’ll see this one building, which is all that is left of the original town.
Lone Tree Wyoming Google car
Before Europeans, this was an area that was prized by the Ute and Shoshone—who spent winters at the base of the Uinta Mountains. Fur traders and trappers found the area rich for what they were after.
The town was established in 1888, with the Lonetree Mercantile and Post Office, which served as the community’s social nerve center for decades.
The original building burned down, and an English immigrant named Herbert Joshua Gregory built a new one in 1897 that operated continuously until 1982.
If you drive by today, you’ll see that one old store that looks like it belongs in an old West town. The area is well preserved but sparsely populated. It is home to massive working properties like the historic Lonetree Ranch, encompassing thousands of acres of private, state, and BLM land, which is recognized for maintaining sustainable agricultural and conservation practices.
You can learn more, along with old photos of the town, at the Intermountain Histories website, at this link.
What is left of the town is on the far bottom west corner of Wyoming, below Fort Bridger.
Lone Tree Wyoming Google Maps
The Charmingly Odd Town Of La Grange Wyoming
It is well worth the long drive to see one of the most interesting and quirky little towns in Wyoming.
Stay for lunch. You won’t regret it.
Gallery Credit: Glenn Woods
Penny’s Diner At Bill Wyoming
Gallery Credit: Glenn Woods
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