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Former CNN journalist kills man in shootout at NW Albuquerque motel
The Albuquerque Journal ^ | July 1, 2015 | Robert Browman and Nicole Perez

Posted on 07/01/2015 1:42:23 PM PDT by CedarDave

A former CNN reporter shot and killed a man who allegedly tried to rob him and his wife at a northwest Albuquerque motel room Tuesday night.

Chuck de Caro, who is married to former CNN Headline News anchor Lynne Russell, has worked as an investigative reporter for CNN and other news organizations. The couple was staying at the Motel 6 at 6015 Iliff NW while on their way to California.

According to Russell’s account, de Caro was struck three times in the firefight before shooting and killing the offender, who hasn’t been identified by police.

De Caro was taken to University of New Mexico Hospital and is expected to survive. He will be there about a week, Russell said.

The couple tried to talk to the suspect in an attempt to calm him down ... The couple, who both have concealed weapons permits, had two guns in the bedside table. Russell ... was able to flip one of them into her purse and handed the purse to de Caro.

The suspect got upset that de Caro wasn’t giving him [a] briefcase and opened fire.

De Caro fired six rounds, and when he was finished the suspect was still firing. ... De Caro was hit three times — in the abdomen, the leg and lower abdomen.

Russell said she had to dive behind a piece of furniture to avoid being hit. She said the suspect was a thin, black man wearing green and white.

She said he was agitated and seemed desperate. “I knew he wouldn’t mind shooting us,” Russell said.

(Excerpt) Read more at abqjournal.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: New Mexico
KEYWORDS: 2ndamendment; banglist; chuckdecaro; cnn; lynnerussell; motel6; secondamendment
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The perp was found dead in the parking lot.

Albuquerque is getting as bad as some eastern cities with at least several shootings per week. This guy probably had a long felony rap sheet. And the catch and release bail policy puts the crooks back on the street about as soon as they're arrested.

1 posted on 07/01/2015 1:42:23 PM PDT by CedarDave
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To: CedarDave

I love a story with a happy ending.

Of course, this guy’s days at Commie News Network are over.


2 posted on 07/01/2015 1:44:03 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (When things are rightly ordered, man is steward of God's gifts and civIns law enables him to do so.)
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To: CedarDave

Motel 6???


3 posted on 07/01/2015 1:45:32 PM PDT by Mikey_1962 (Democrats have destroyed more cities than Godzilla)
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To: CedarDave

Six rounds and the perp was still firing? I wonder how many rounds actually hit their target. Two rounds center mass and one to the head should do trick even with a wimpy .380.


4 posted on 07/01/2015 1:47:04 PM PDT by SVTCobra03 (You can never have enough friends, horsepower or ammunition.)
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To: Mikey_1962
Motel 6???

Obviously these two were not still on a fancy CNN expense account.

5 posted on 07/01/2015 1:47:11 PM PDT by CedarDave (Bush vs. Clinton in 2016? If you have a 24-year old car, the bumper stickers are still good!)
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To: freedumb2003

He’s former anyway.


6 posted on 07/01/2015 1:47:21 PM PDT by headstamp 2
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To: Mikey_1962
Motel 6???

I wonder if they left the light on for 'em ...

7 posted on 07/01/2015 1:47:24 PM PDT by bankwalker (In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.)
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To: CedarDave

I miss the 80's! Dang - a real shoot-out. Motel 6??

8 posted on 07/01/2015 1:48:00 PM PDT by corkoman
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To: CedarDave

This is why range time is important:

“De Caro fired six rounds, and when he was finished the suspect was still firing.”


9 posted on 07/01/2015 1:48:20 PM PDT by VanShuyten ("a shadow...draped nobly in the folds of a gorgeous eloquence.")
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A contractor where I worked was staying at a weekly Motel 6. He was intending to confront the owner of a dirty old truck that was repeatedly parking too close to his nice car. He arrived at the Motel to find the entire place surrounded by the police. The owner of the truck turned out to be a serial killer who had just killed an attorney he’d tried to rob in a restaurant bathroom. There’s probably a lesson here, but I can’t figure whether it’s stay away from Motel 6 or pick your battles better. I’d have simply parked further away.


10 posted on 07/01/2015 1:49:18 PM PDT by Gen.Blather
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Based on how I read the article, the wife is former but he is active (probably assigned as needed).

He will find he gets no more calls from CNN.


11 posted on 07/01/2015 1:49:30 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (When things are rightly ordered, man is steward of God's gifts and civIns law enables him to do so.)
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That’ll teach him. He should have allowed himself to be killed along with his wife. That way their employment wouldn’t be jeopardized.


12 posted on 07/01/2015 1:51:09 PM PDT by headstamp 2
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To: corkoman

I think I read somewhere that Lynne Russell was a conservative.


13 posted on 07/01/2015 1:51:34 PM PDT by MNnice
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To: SVTCobra03

This guy is lucky to be alive. That’s why I carry a 40 caliber. Hopefully by the time 7-8 shots fired, the perp won’t be standing, firing, or breathing.


14 posted on 07/01/2015 1:51:36 PM PDT by Reno89519 (For every illegal or H1B with a job, there's an American without one. Muslim = Nazi = Evil)
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To: corkoman

Lynne Russell and Chuck de Caro on a plane after they were married in Italy in 2014. (Twitter)

15 posted on 07/01/2015 1:52:06 PM PDT by CedarDave (Bush vs. Clinton in 2016? If you have a 24-year old car, the bumper stickers are still good!)
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I remember her. Thanks for posting her pic.


16 posted on 07/01/2015 1:53:05 PM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: Gen.Blather

A number of cities are putting up Section 8 types at local Motel 6’s. Stay away from ‘rat hellholes.


17 posted on 07/01/2015 1:53:45 PM PDT by Paladin2 (Ive given up on aphostrophys and spell chek on my current device...)
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De Caro fired six rounds, and when he was finished the suspect was still firing.

What was it, .22 short, or Super Colibri? The suspect even made it to the parking lot...

18 posted on 07/01/2015 1:54:04 PM PDT by Greysard
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.35 caliber? Well, there’s the problem...he’s at least .05 caliber too short. Never own a pistol that doesn’t start with a “.4”.


19 posted on 07/01/2015 1:54:35 PM PDT by ameribbean expat
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To: CedarDave
Albuquerque is getting as bad as some eastern cities with at least several shootings per week.

I left ABQ in 2002, after having my 3rd grader come home and tell us about a classmate who was suspended for bringing pot to school. I miss it - I did my HS and college careers in ABQ and loved working for the Downs, but had to get out.

20 posted on 07/01/2015 1:57:43 PM PDT by dware (Yeah, so? What are we going to do about it?)
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