Pulaski County Sheriff Bobby Jones reports the arrest of a Somerset man on September 13, 2023 for Assault in the First Degree stemming from an investigation into a call deputies responded to on September 7.

Deputies responded to a report of a gunshot victim on Day Meadow Drive at approximately 10:34 pm and found that the owner of the residence, Olivia Eichmann, had been shot. Ms. Eichmann was transported from the scene by Pulaski EMS and later flown to UK Medical Center for treatment of her injuries.

The sheriff’s office Criminal Investigation Division responded to the scene. They spoke to Ms. Eichmann’s boyfriend, Randy Alex Davidson, who also resides with her. Davidson alleged that Ms. Eichmann accidentally shot herself. However, evidence was obtained that Davidson had shot Ms. Eichmann during a domestic violence altercation.

Based on the information, on September 13, the Sheriff’s Office’s Criminal Investigation Division executed a search warrant for the residence and also served an arrest warrant on Davidson for Assault in the First Degree, charging him with firing a gun and causing injury to Ms. Eichmann during the September 7 domestic violence incident.

Davidson is currently held at the Pulaski County Detention Center on a $25,000 bond.

The Criminal Investigation Division was assisted in the investigation by Lt. Richard Smith, Sgt. Alex Wesley, Sgt. Dan Pevley, Deputy Noah Wesley, Deputy Dylan West, Deputy Evan Whitis, as well as Lt. Daryl Kegley and Det. Tan Hudson with the Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Division.

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