A University of Colorado Colorado Springs professor testified Wednesday during the trial for the man accused of killing two people last year in a dorm room that he met with one of the victims the night before his murder.

Nicholas Jordan, 25, is accused of shooting and killing Celie Rain Montgomery, 26, of Pueblo, and music student Samuel Knopp, 24, of Parker in the early morning hours of Feb. 16, 2024, in a campus dormitory.

Jordan and Knopp were roommates and students at UCCS.

Wednesday was the second day of testimony, and began with the testimony of two crime scene investigators who collected evidence from the autopsies and crime scene.

The longest testimony of the day was given by Jon Forshee, an assistant teaching professor of music at UCCS who said he worked closely with Knopp.

Forshee told the court that he met with Knopp the night before the murders to work on a collaboration piece for his upcoming senior recital. During the meeting on Feb. 15, 2024, Forshee said Knopp confided in him “at length” about the issues he faced with Jordan.

Forshee described it as “like a horror story,” but said Knopp was in high spirits during the meeting because he was set to move out of his dorm the following day and “was looking forward to getting back to his dorm and packing up.”

When cross-examined by the defense, Forshee said Knopp talked about revenge against Jordan, but his ideas were mainly pranks, not physical violence. Forshee then said the revenge Knopp settled on enacting was to “be the bigger man and walk away.”

Jordan’s arrest affidavit states that he had made a death threat against Knopp and that campus security and housing staff recorded multiple complaints about Jordan before the shooting. Several of Wednesday’s witnesses testified about those complaints, including a UCCS custodial supervisor and three resident housing assistants.

Laurie Martin worked at UCCS as a custodial supervisor in the housing section at the time of the homicides. She testified Wednesday regarding an incident during the university’s winter break in Jordan and Knopp’s dorm. She said she was called in for a flooding situation caused by an overflowing toilet — describing the scene as “disgusting,” adding that the kitchen smelled like rotting food.

The three resident assistants called to the stand all testified about various reports filed in the months leading up to the shooting. Complaints ranged from marijuana smoke to overall tension between the roommates and the need for mediation.

One December 2023 marijuana complaint prompted a minor police response. However, Colorado Springs police officer Steven Paulluke said little could be done on the legal front since it was a housing policy violation, not a law violation.

Jurors Wednesday also heard the testimony of several of Knopp’s friends: Shawn Duffy and Haden Gillespie.

Both Duffy and Gillespie testified that Knopp had told them before his death that he had concerns about his roommate, Jordan.

Duffy during his testimony stated that Knopp told him during a phone conversation that his roommate had threatened to kill him, and he was looking for advice.

Gillespie testified that he visited Knopp in his dorm room before his death and expressed that the dorm room he lived in was “not a pleasant place to be,” because of how dirty it was. Gillespie said when he visited the dorm was full of trash, a toilet had overflowed into the common area and dirty dishes were piled in the sink.

Knopp’s roommate, Giancarlo Argueta Agudelo, had testified on Tuesday that it was Jordan’s actions that led to the dorm becoming so dirty.

Former UCCS Dean of Students Amanda Allee testified on Wednesday as well, confirming to the jury that Jordan submitted a request to withdraw from the university the day before the shooting and that his student ID was used to enter the dorm room minutes before the shooting.

Midway through the day defense attorney Nick Rogers argued a motion for a mistrial. Rogers claimed a local media outlet had recorded footage of the live stream of the trial, which he claimed was a violation of an order from the judge that prohibits anyone from recording audio or video of court proceedings via the livestream.

Judge David Shakes denied the motion for a mistrial, stating that in his extended media order he did not specifically prohibit capturing and publishing video of the livestream.

Jordan’s trial will resume Thursday morning.