Somerset Police are investigating an armed robbery that led to one suspect taking his own life, and the other suspect running from police.
Investigators said just before 8:15 p.m. on Monday, an armed robbery occurred at the Goodwill Store, located in the Tradewinds Shopping Center on South 27 in Somerset.
Police said the employees from the Goodwill Store were robbed by a man and a woman, identified as Albert David Swihart and Linzee Cox. Investigators say the pair were armed. Dispatch tells LEX 18 that the suspects locked the store employees in a bathroom. After the robbery, Pulaski County Sheriff’s Deputies and Somerset Police officers responded to the area.
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Investigators said a deputy came upon the two suspects at the W. Columbia St. railroad crossing. Police said Swihart fled from the deputy and ran eastbound on W. Columbia St. Around the same time a Somerset Police Officer cut him off near the intersection of W. Columbia St. and Park Avenue.
Somerset Police said Swihart, who was clearly armed with a handgun, retreated into the driveway of a West Columbia home and shot himself in the head. He was pronounced dead on the scene by the Pulaski County Coroner’s Office.
For several hours, investigators remained on the scene and blocked off the area near the Park Avenue intersection.
The Somerset Police Department said they are continuing to investigate the armed robbery case, while the Kentucky State Police are conducting their own independent death investigation.
Police said Cox remains at large and is currently being sought after in a search conducted by several law-enforcement agencies. The 33-year-old is described as 5’6, 190 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes/
She is considered to be armed and dangerous.
Anyone who has information about this investigation is urged to contact their local 911 center or call the Somerset Police Department’s 24-Hour Crime Tip Line at 606-676-TIPS.
