Beloved figure skating coach, former Team USA medalist gunned down in Starbucks drive-thru: reports

A erstwhile Team USA synchronized fig skater turned manager was changeable and killed successful wide daylight during an alleged equipped robbery astatine a Starbucks drive-thru successful St. Louis, Missouri.

Gabrielle "Sam" Linehan, 28, was sitting successful her car successful the city’s Tower Grove East vicinity conscionable aft 10 a.m. Tuesday, erstwhile a fishy approached and opened fire, according to a probable origin connection obtained by the New York Post.

Police identified the fishy arsenic 58-year-old Keith Lamon Brown, FOX 2 reported.

Surveillance footage released by the St. Louis Police Department showed Brown wearing a high-visibility vest and helmet astir the clip of the shooting.

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A erstwhile Team USA skater was reportedly changeable and killed successful wide daylight during an alleged equipped robbery astatine a Starbucks drive-thru successful St. Louis. (@saintlouissynergy via Instagram)

Authorities allege Brown stole respective of Linehan’s slope cards and her driver’s licence earlier fleeing the scene. Linehan was transported to a adjacent hospital, wherever she was pronounced dead, the Post reported.

Linehan represented U.S. Figure Skating arsenic a subordinate of St. Louis Synergy’s inferior team, which earned a metallic medal astatine the 2014 U.S. Synchronized Skating Championships, according to KSDK.

Linehan's squad aboriginal paid tribute to the beloved jock and manager astatine the Metro Edge Skating Club successful an affectional Instagram post, calling her "a cherished skater, coach, mentor, and friend" whose interaction stretched acold beyond the rink.

"A dedicated leader, Coach Sam devoted clip and bosom to supporting and processing skaters portion instilling the values of discipline, teamwork, integrity, and resilience," the squad wrote. 

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Police person identified the fishy arsenic 58-year-old Keith Lamon Brown. (St Louis City Justice Center)

Authorities announced Wednesday that Brown had been arrested.

"Intelligence detectives person taken a 58-year-old antheral into custody successful transportation to the homicide connected S. Grand," the St. Louis Police Department posted connected X. "He was equipped erstwhile helium was arrested. SWAT executed a hunt warrant astatine the suspect’s home. Homicide detectives located grounds from 2 anterior robberies arsenic well."

According to tribunal documents obtained by Fox News Digital, Brown has been charged with first-degree murder, 3 counts of first-degree robbery, 4 counts of equipped transgression enactment and 1 number of unlawful possession of a firearm.

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Surveillance footage released by the St. Louis Police Department showed Brown wearing a high-visibility vest and helmet astir the clip of the shooting. (@SLMPD via X)

He is being held without enslaved astatine the St. Louis City Justice Center.

Authorities said Brown was besides wanted successful transportation with 2 different equipped robberies successful the days starring up to the killing. 

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His transgression past dates backmost to the mid-1980s, FOX 2 reported.

The St. Louis Police Department did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital's petition for comment.