A former Team USA skater was gunned down in a Missouri Starbucks drive-thru during an alleged armed robbery by a maniac wanted by police, according to reports.
Gabrielle ‘Sam’ Linehan, 28, was sat in her car at the coffee shop in St. Louis’ Tower Grove East neighborhood when Keith Lamon Brown, who is also accused of two similar shootings days earlier, allegedly held her at gunpoint before opening fire on Tuesday morning, reports the New York Post.
Surveillance footage reportedly showed Brown, 58, wearing a high-visibility vest and helmet when he walked up to Linehan’s car and ordered her to raise her hands before shooting the defenseless woman, police claim.
Linehan, who earned silver for Team USA at the 2014 US Synchronized Skating Championships, was rushed to hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
Brown is accused of robbing multiple bank cards and a driver’s license from her before fleeing the scene. After being found by police and arrested on Wednesday, he has been charged with first-degree murder, three counts of first-degree robbery, four counts of armed criminal action and one count of unlawful possession of a firearm.
According to Fox 2 Now, Brown was also wanted by cops for two armed robberies in the days prior to Linehan’s murder. He also allegedly has a criminal history dating back to the mid-1980s.
Ex-Team USA skater Gabrielle Linehan was gunned down in a Starbucks drive-thru Tuesday