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Ex-Team USA medalist allegedly gunned down in Starbucks drive-thru by madman with long rap sheet
nypost.com ^ | February 13, 2026 | Nicholas McEntyre

Posted on 02/16/2026 6:27:56 AM PST by lowbridge

A beloved former Team USA skater was gunned down in a Missouri Starbucks drive-thru allegedly during an armed robbery by a maniac with a long rap sheet who was wanted for two similar shootings days earlier.

Gabrielle “Sam” Linehan, 28, was inside her car at the coffee hotspot in St. Louis’ Tower Grove East neighborhood when Keith Lamon Brown allegedly held her at gunpoint before opening fire just after 10 a.m. Tuesday, according to a probable cause statement viewed by The Post.

Brown, 58, was caught on surveillance video wearing a high-visibility vest and helmet when he walked up to Linehan’s car, ordering her to raise her hands before shooting the defenseless woman, police said.

Linehan, a skating coach in nearby Webster Groves, was rushed to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

The St. Louis Synergy, the Metro Edge Skating Club’s synchronized figure skating team, paid tribute to their fallen mentor.

“Coach Sam Linehan was a cherished skater, coach, mentor, and friend whose impact reached far beyond the ice. A dedicated leader, Coach Sam devoted time and heart to supporting and developing skaters while instilling the values of discipline, teamwork, integrity, and resilience,” the team wrote on Instagram.

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Brown allegedly robbed multiple bank cards and a driver’s license from Linehan before fleeing on foot.

He was arrested early Wednesday and 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, police announced.

Brown was wanted for two armed robberies that took place days before Linehan’s murder — and has a criminal history that dates back to the mid-1980s, Fox 2 Now reported.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: banglist; blacksupremacy; crime; frraceobsession; frracism; frracists; linehan; missouri; racialdivision; skating; starbucks; stlouis; teamusa

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1 posted on 02/16/2026 6:27:56 AM PST by lowbridge
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To: lowbridge
Ninja


2 posted on 02/16/2026 6:31:27 AM PST by an amused spectator (principled conservatism is Lefty subterfuge)
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To: an amused spectator

where’s furry?


3 posted on 02/16/2026 6:34:17 AM PST by bankwalker (Feminists, like all Marxists, are ungrateful parasites.)
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To: lowbridge


4 posted on 02/16/2026 6:36:39 AM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: bankwalker

Dude is a subhuman POS, not a person.


5 posted on 02/16/2026 6:37:22 AM PST by Colt1851Navy (@!@)
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Convicted felon accused of killing
former Team USA figure skater
in Starbucks drive-thru

https://komonews.com/news/nation-world/convicted-felon-kills-former-team-usa-figure-skater-in-starbucks-drive-thru-reports-coach-athlete-sports-st-louis-metropolitan-police-department-missouri-shot-killed-murder-homicide-investigation-shooting-coffee-shop

ST. LOUIS (TNND) — A former Team USA skater was reportedly shot and killed in a Starbucks drive-thru in Missouri during an alleged armed robbery involving a suspect with a lengthy criminal record.

Citing court documents, the New York Post said Gabrielle “Sam” Linehan, 28, was sitting in her car outside the coffee shop when she was murdered on Tuesday shortly after 10 a.m.


6 posted on 02/16/2026 6:39:10 AM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: lowbridge

(Brown was wanted for two armed robberies that took place days before Linehan’s murder —

AND HAS A CRIMINAL HISTORY THAT DATES BACK TO THE MID-1980S,)


7 posted on 02/16/2026 6:40:14 AM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: an amused spectator

A judge will release him and tell him not to do it again , criminals have more rights than everyone else in this insane world


8 posted on 02/16/2026 6:41:08 AM PST by butlerweave (Fateh)
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To: lowbridge

> has a criminal history that dates back to the mid-1980s <

Obviously he should have been in prison, or in a prison graveyard. But we don’t do that anymore.


9 posted on 02/16/2026 6:41:54 AM PST by Leaning Right (It's morning in America. Again.)
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To: lowbridge

Where are the riots? Where are the vigils? Where are the liberals to protest this atrocity?

The inherent racism of the left and minorities must no longer be ignored.

past time to recognize this country has an ANTI-WHITE race and bigotry problem and it is deeply rooted in the POC cultures.

The systemic racism of the left and POC cultures is a national security issue and one of the biggest threats to US citizens.


10 posted on 02/16/2026 6:43:22 AM PST by Skwor
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To: bankwalker
Furry's people, all right.
11 posted on 02/16/2026 6:43:22 AM PST by an amused spectator (principled conservatism is Lefty subterfuge)
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To: Colt1851Navy

Agree. But he’s not even subhuman. It’s a walking piece of feces. And should be flushed into a sewer as such.


12 posted on 02/16/2026 6:44:04 AM PST by piytar (NEVER FORGET Ashli Babbitt, Rosanne Boyland, Corey Comperatore, Iryna Zarutska, and Charlie Kirk!)
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To: Colt1851Navy

I’m OK with immediate impalement.


13 posted on 02/16/2026 6:44:22 AM PST by an amused spectator (principled conservatism is Lefty subterfuge)
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To: bankwalker
---- "where’s furry?"

Is posting a picture of the perp now deemed by some to be racist? If so, the New York Post is racist.

But also....

Ex-Team USA Skater Gabrielle Linehan Killed: Suspect Was Free on Parole Newsweek, 13 February 2026.

St. Louis man locked up after deadly Starbucks drive-thru shooting and crime spree Heartlander, 11 February 2026

Beloved former Team USA ice skater shot dead in Starbucks drive-thru by suspect accused in at least two other recent armed robberies Independent UK, 12 February 2026.


14 posted on 02/16/2026 6:44:54 AM PST by Worldtraveler once upon a time (Degrow government)
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To: lowbridge

> Brown allegedly held her at gunpoint before opening fire just after 10 a.m. <

This is heartbreaking. The old rule of thumb used to be “Nothing good happens after midnight.”

A friend of mine has replaced that with “Don’t go anywhere on a bus line.”

I think he’s right.


15 posted on 02/16/2026 6:45:23 AM PST by Leaning Right (It's morning in America. Again.)
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To: lowbridge

“allegedly”

Is she allegedly dead?


16 posted on 02/16/2026 6:46:49 AM PST by V_TWIN (America....so great even the people that hate it won't leave)
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To: an amused spectator

FAST TRIAL AND PUBLIC HANGING


17 posted on 02/16/2026 6:46:52 AM PST by Democrat = party of treason
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To: lowbridge

Gee, if only there were some way to have known that this guy was a threat to society and could somehow have been removed from it. Like, some sort of known history of past actions, or something. Oh well, I guess not.


18 posted on 02/16/2026 6:51:19 AM PST by coloradan (They're not the mainstream media, they're the gaslight media. It's what they do. )
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To: lowbridge

Kill him, Yogi. Just effing kill him.


19 posted on 02/16/2026 6:53:14 AM PST by Wilderness Conservative (Nature is the ultimate conservative)
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To: lowbridge

Another beautiful White woman.


20 posted on 02/16/2026 6:53:26 AM PST by wintertime ( )
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