NH AG: Bedford Death Investigation 'Ongoing'

Update, 5:44 p.m. The New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office has issued a press statement saying that while they have identified the victims in the Bedford suspicious death case, they are not revealing their identities yet or information about the autopsy results at this time, according to a report, and are not currently searching for any suspects or persons of interest at this time and do not believe that the public is in danger as a result of the incident. Read the full update here.

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A man originally being sought by investigators at the scene of three suspicious deaths in Bedford owns a gun shop in Merrimack that made national headlines for attacking President Barack Obama in 2013 as the firearms salesman of the year, according to online records.

Alexey Obukhov, a husband and father of two, who lives in the home in Bedford where police are currently investigating three “suspicious deaths” also owns Collectible Guns and Ammo, also known as 619 DW Guns and Ammo, according to bizpedia.com and the New Hampshire Secretary of State’s Office.

Keith Cox, a person identified as the store’s owner or co-owner in press reports, made national headlines after hanging posters of Obama with the likes of Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin at the store on Daniel Webster Highway in Merrimack. A local resident saw the posters and complained about it. At the time, Cox said there was an outpouring of both local and national support for not only his free speech rights but the sentiments expressed in the posters.

“It’s bittersweet, because as good as it is to be in firearms sales right now, I would trade it all to have a government that’s not calling for my Constitutional rights to be trampled on,” Cox told Merrimack Patch at the time.

The store later moved up the street to a larger location, according to the post on Patch.

None of the state’s filings list Cox as the owner or co-owner of the store and state records also show no financial connection or ownership identification of Cox to the store.

Cox did not reply to an email on March 28, requesting to speak about Obukhov. He offered “no comment” on March 29, when contacted by phone.