'Demanded she raise her hands': Man killed woman in Starbucks drive-thru days after robbing mom and daughter at Jack in the Box wearing the same outfit, cops say

A antheral successful Missouri is accused of sidesplitting and robbing a beloved fig skating manager astatine a Starbucks drive-thru days aft committing aggregate different equipped robberies.

Keith Brown, 58, faces a multitude of charges, including first-degree murder, 4 counts of equipped transgression action, 3 counts of first-degree robbery, and unlawful possession of a firearm, tribunal records reviewed by Law&Crime show. He is accused of sidesplitting 28-year-old Sam Linehan, section NBC affiliate KSDK reported.

The suspect was denied enslaved during a tribunal proceeding connected Friday.

On Feb. 6, a parent and her girl were successful the drive-thru of a Jack successful the Box edifice located connected 2163 South Grand Blvd. successful St. Louis. According to a probable origin connection for Brown's arrest, helium "pointed a firearm" into the woman's vehicle, stole a 9 mm handgun, her purse containing slope cards, and some her and her daughter's cellphones.

Two days later, astir 8 miles north, Brown went into a Dollar General store and pointed a weapon astatine the cashier, "demanding and receiving money," constabulary said, adding that during some incidents, "he discharged his firearms."

On Tuesday, Brown went to the Starbucks connected 2350 South Grand Blvd. successful St. Louis. There, Linehan is said to person been sitting successful her conveyance successful the drive-thru, the tribunal papers goes on. The suspect allegedly pointed a weapon astatine Linehan and "demanded she rise her hands earlier helium changeable and killed her." He past stole slope cards and her driver's license, constabulary said.

Surveillance footage captured each 3 incidents, authorities said, claiming Brown wore a neon information vest and a hard chapeau during each robbery. When they executed a hunt warrant astatine his home, they recovered the vest and hat, arsenic good arsenic "stolen items" from the victims and "suspected narcotics."

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The probable origin connection adds that the suspect is simply a convicted felon for first-degree robbery "for which helium has absconded portion being connected Parole." He was taken into custody astatine astir 11 p.m. connected Tuesday, according to KSDK.

Brown has a confined docket proceeding scheduled for Thursday, and is acceptable to person a preliminary proceeding connected March 11.

Linehan was a manager for the Metro Edge Figure Skating Club. The enactment sent a connection to its members astir the loss.

"It is with heavy sadness that I stock heartbreaking quality astir Coach Sam," the connection obtained by KSDK reads. "We were informed yesterday day that Coach Sam died arsenic a effect of the shooting adjacent Tower Grove. This is an unimaginable nonaccomplishment for our community, and we cognize this quality volition beryllium hard for galore of our skaters and families to process."