Caleb “CJ” Schroeder faces two charges of first-degree murder

The man accused of fatally stabbing a security guard with a pocket knife now faces two counts of first-degree murder.

The Denver District Attorney’s office direct filed the charges against Caleb “CJ” Schroeder on Thursday, according to a news release by District Attorney Beth McCann’s spokesman Ken Lane..

Schroeder, 33, faces charges of first-degree murder after deliberation and first-degree felony murder in the death of a 39-year-old security guard who was killed while patrolling a Denver Center for the Performing Arts parking garage.

Schroeder, who had been released on probation four days earlier, allegedly stabbed Scott Tice in the neck. Tice’s body was found around 5 a.m. May 25 on the fourth level the parking garage. His company-issued cell phone and security badge were missing.

Police tracked down Schroeder using video surveillance that showed him in and around the garage near the time Tice was killed and tracking software on Tice’s phone.

When he was arrested, Schroeder’s shirt appeared to have blood on it, and a knife that appeared to be covered in blood was in his pocket, court records say. Schroeder also had an Allied Universal Security badge pinned to the strap of his backpack.

Schroeder was released on probation May 21 from the Arapahoe County Jail even though he had been charged with a felony crime that day. Deputies have said they had to release Schroeder because a judge hadn’t signed an arrest warrant on the new charge. That warrant was signed two days after Schroeder was released.

Tice’s employer, Allied Universal Security released a statement Thursday praising the overnight security guard as a 10-year, loyal member of the Allied Universal family.

“We send our deepest condolences to the family, friends, and colleagues of long-time security professional, Scott Tice, who recently lost his life during the course of his duty. We are cooperating with police on the investigation of his death,” the company said in a prepared statement.