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Ex-CNNer Lynne Russell's husband kills robber in wild motel shootout
NY Post ^ | 7/1/2015 | Shawn Cohen

Posted on 07/01/2015 7:50:32 PM PDT by rikkir

A road trip down old Route 66 led to a Wild West-style motel shootout for a pioneering CNN anchor and her former-soldier hubby.

Lynne Russell — the first woman to ever solo-anchor a primetime network news show — and Chuck de Caro, 65, had stopped at a Motel 6 for the night in Albuquerque when an intruder slipped into their room as Russell went to grab something from the car around 11:30 p.m. Tuesday.

“I opened the door and he materialized out of nowhere; he was inside,” she told The Post. “And he pushed me into the room and onto the bed and closed the door.”

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


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Sounds like good news. Hate he was injured. Loved her comment at the end.
1 posted on 07/01/2015 7:50:33 PM PDT by rikkir
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To: rikkir

There’s a nice picture of Lynne with the article, if someone wants to post it (not very good at that stuff).
Still a very pretty lady.


2 posted on 07/01/2015 7:54:04 PM PDT by rikkir (Anyone still believe the 8/08 Atlantic cover wasn't 100% accurate?)
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Glad they're OK.


3 posted on 07/01/2015 7:55:18 PM PDT by South40 ("I probably identify more as a democRAT" ~Donald Trump)
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Must have been a Glock .35. Never heard of it until now.


4 posted on 07/01/2015 7:59:06 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("One man with a gun can control a hundred without one." -- Vladimir Lenin)
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To: rikkir

Lynne Russell had a concealed carry permit when she lived in Atlanta and spoke openly about the fact that she carried a handgun. If I’m not mistaken, she was also a volunteer deputy with the Fulton County Sheriff’s Department.


5 posted on 07/01/2015 8:00:12 PM PDT by Always A Marine
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I caught that also. Couldn’t figure what a .35 caliber was.
Maybe .45 caliber with shoddy reporting.


6 posted on 07/01/2015 8:02:01 PM PDT by rikkir (Anyone still believe the 8/08 Atlantic cover wasn't 100% accurate?)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Ir’a actually a .40 caliber.


7 posted on 07/01/2015 8:02:25 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("One man with a gun can control a hundred without one." -- Vladimir Lenin)
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http://www.gandermountain.com/modperl/product/details.cgi?pdesc=Glock-35-Handgun&i=422579

.40 S&W


8 posted on 07/01/2015 8:03:13 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("One man with a gun can control a hundred without one." -- Vladimir Lenin)
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To: Always A Marine

Doesn’t hurt when hubby’s ex-special forces!
Dude picked the wrong hotel room.


9 posted on 07/01/2015 8:04:13 PM PDT by rikkir (Anyone still believe the 8/08 Atlantic cover wasn't 100% accurate?)
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.357 Sig?


10 posted on 07/01/2015 8:04:24 PM PDT by ltc8k6
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

.35 caliber could be anything from a .380 to a 9mm to a .357.

Where is that public relations woman that Bloomberg is paying to say that “This never happens.”


11 posted on 07/01/2015 8:04:54 PM PDT by marktwain
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I am guessing it was a Glock 35, which is .40 S&W caliber.


12 posted on 07/01/2015 8:06:27 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("One man with a gun can control a hundred without one." -- Vladimir Lenin)
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To: rikkir

Click The Pic

13 posted on 07/01/2015 8:07:56 PM PDT by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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So you walk out of your motel 6 room with your husband in the shower and guns on the table?

Were you driving a fancy car parked right in front of your room too?

This reads like what you should not do if you are ex CNN and ex special forces or whatever.


14 posted on 07/01/2015 8:10:38 PM PDT by delchiante
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Thank you


15 posted on 07/01/2015 8:12:16 PM PDT by rikkir (Anyone still believe the 8/08 Atlantic cover wasn't 100% accurate?)
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Maybe a 9MM or 0.354331 caliber bullet.


16 posted on 07/01/2015 8:13:09 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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Always Happy To Help
17 posted on 07/01/2015 8:15:58 PM PDT by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: rikkir

Staying at a motel with a lobby rather than rooms that open to the outside might be safer. There are no guarantees. Ever.


18 posted on 07/01/2015 8:16:21 PM PDT by ladyjane
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Driving through at 11:30 might be tough to find. My advice would have been stop in Moriarty, or drive on to the big casino/hotel 30 min west.
Much safer than Albuquerque.


19 posted on 07/01/2015 8:19:37 PM PDT by rikkir (Anyone still believe the 8/08 Atlantic cover wasn't 100% accurate?)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“Ir’a actually a .40 caliber.”

The media will report it as a “semi-automatic assault pistol” with an 80-round banana “clip”.


20 posted on 07/01/2015 8:23:09 PM PDT by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day".)
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