Nicholas Jordan hung his head and uttered two words during his first court appearance, as the prosecution told the judge he “still poses a threat” to the public and was arrested with a gun in his car.

Jordan, a 25-year-old Detroit native and a student at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, allegedly shot and killed his former roommate, Samuel Knopp, 24, and Celie Montgomery, 26, in Knopp’s dorm room on Friday.

“The defendant has no ties to this state … there are indications he tried to flee the state afterwards,” the prosecution said during Tuesday’s court hearing. “He still poses a threat to witnesses and some of the other folks at UCCS campus, as well as the public in general.”

The judge sided with the prosecution and changed Jordan’s initial $1 million bond to $5 million cash bond.

He remained on the loose for most of the day Monday, and police remained tight-lipped about the shooting but reiterated it was an “isolated event.”

Shortly before 8 a.m. Monday, Colorado Springs Police Department’s Motor Vehicle Theft Unit spotted Jordan, police said on X (formerly Twitter), and a tactical team arrested him about 30 minutes later. 

Fox News Digital’s Stepheny Price and MItch Picasso contributed to this story. 

Chris Eberhart is a crime and US news reporter for Fox News Digital. Email tips to chris.eberhart@fox.com or on Twitter @ChrisEberhart48.