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<h1 class="wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-bf6658b8d7f2e13f6a6c7c86cb049018" style="color:#302222;font-size:14px"><strong>University of Colorado senior, 24, shot dead in campus dorm room along with woman, 26, most likely &#8216;targeted&#8217; </strong></h1>



<h1 class="wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5304c2738ecd31d4cb6db4e870c5660a" style="color:#302222;font-size:14px"><strong> Sam Knopp, and Rain Montgomery, have been identified as victims of a shooting in a dorm at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs Campus on Friday </strong></h1>



<h1 class="wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8548f18884f68b6f870f97c0df7f8966" style="color:#302222;font-size:14px"><strong>The pair whose relationship has not been revealed, were found dead with gunshots to the head, in what police believe to be a double-homicide </strong></h1>



<h1 class="wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e032cbde29de41dd01c7f56c413d59c2" style="color:#302222;font-size:14px"><strong>Knopp, was a talented senior studying music while Montgomery, a mother-of-two and freelance copywriter, was not a student </strong></h1>



<h1 class="wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-411c890d13a05df64cdaec87a1e0bfda" style="color:#302222;font-size:14px"><strong>Authorities say deaths &#8216;not random,&#8217; believe the killer maybe someone known to the pair</strong></h1>



<h1 class="wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-18d2b0750d55fb8f3147c38df109d43c" style="color:#302222;font-size:14px"><strong>So far, no suspects have been apprehended nor named in the active investigation.</strong></h1>



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<p class="has-small-font-size"><strong>University of Colorado senior Sam Knopp, [photo], 24, was names as one of the victims of a shooting in a dorm at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs on Friday, along with a 26-year-old female said to be a non-student. Their deaths is being investigated as homicide</strong></p>



<p>The victims of student housing shooting deaths at the University of Colorado&#8217;s Colorado Springs Campus on Friday have been identified as 24-year-old senior Sam Knopp and 26-year-old Celie Rain Montgomery, a resident of Pueblo, about 45 miles from the campus.<br>Knopp and Montgomery were found in a dorm room at the Alpine Village student housing complex with gunshot wounds to the head when police responded the shooting around 6am on Friday.<br>&#8216;At this point in our investigation, this incident does not appear to be a murder-suicide and both deaths are being investigated as homicides,&#8217; Colorado Springs Police said. Authorities believe the killer maybe someone known to the pair.<br>The coroner&#8217;s office will determine how they died, but each person was shot at least once in what appeared to be an &#8216;isolated incident,&#8217; police spokesperson Ira Cronin said at a briefing. </p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size"><strong>Freelance copy writer Celie Rain Montgomery, [photo], 26, was found shot dead alongside Samuel Knopp, inside the latter&#8217;s dorm room at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs campus on Friday. She was not a student at UCCS. Both victims were shot in the head</strong></p>



<p>Knopp was a senior studying music at the university and said to be a beloved member of the Visual and Performing Arts department. He was an accomplished guitar player and an extremely talented musician. <br>Montgomery, a single mother-of-two young children, worked as a freelance copywriter specializing in health and wellness. The nature of their relationship has not been revealed. <br>A lockdown across campus lasted for about 90 minutes and later was isolated to Crestone House, a student apartment complex on campus, school spokesperson Chris Valentine said. <br>When police officers got to the room, they found Knopp and Montgomery both dead, having been shot in the head.</p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size"><strong>Suspected double-homicide happened on Friday in Knopp&#8217;s dorm room in Crestone House, [photo], at the Alpine Valley student housing complex on the UCCS campus </strong></p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size"><strong>Knopp, [photo] is remembered was a talented senior studying music at the university of Colorado</strong></p>



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<p>Following the lockdown, the campus about 70 miles south of Denver remained closed for the day.<br>The Colorado Springs Police Department received a request for assistance, and the department’s homicide unit responded and took over the investigation.<br>An autopsy was conducted on the two bodies by the El Paso County Coroner’s Office, which identified the two victims.<br>Knopp&#8217;s mother, Amy, shared her concerns online just as the shooting was taking place. She wrote online: &#8216;There were reports of an active shooter on campus at UCCS where our son, Sam, is a senior. At least one person is dead. <br>&#8216;I haven&#8217;t heard from Sam. He lives in Alpine Village, where residents were told to shelter in place. The campus is in lockdown and is now closed today. <br>&#8216;PLEASE EXCUSE MY LANGUAGE BUT IT&#8217;S THE GODDAMNED GUNS! This hits way too close to home and it makes me want to vomit. All the &#8216;thoughts and prayers&#8217; in the world mean nothing without action to back them up.&#8217;</p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size"><strong>College senior Sam Knopp, 24, seen [photo], with his twin sister Ellie, was the male victim in Friday&#8217;s fatal shootings at UCCS camps on Friday</strong></p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size"><strong>Sam Knopp&#8217;s mother Amy Knopp, [left], says &#8216;thoughts and prayers mean NOTHING&#8217; as she condemned the gun violence that took her son&#8217;s life<strong> </strong> </strong></p>



<p>So far, no suspects have been apprehended nor named in the active investigation.<br>&#8216;Given this case&#8217;s active and fluid nature, additional information about those leads and any potential suspect details will not be released at this time,&#8217; a press release from the police department read.<br>The police did note that the shooting was an isolated incident between people who knew one another and was not simply a random attack against the school or other students at the university.<br>The campus was also closed over the weekend but walk-in counseling was offered at the wellness center on both days, the university said. <br>The university has said that classes will be cancelled on Monday but walk-in counseling will also be offered together with spaces on campus being open to offering food and support.<br></p>

Deaths of University of Colorado senior, Sam Knopp, 24, killed in campus dorm room on Friday, along with mother-of-two, 26, investigated as ‘targeted attack’ by Police
