Husband of EX CNN Anchor Kills Robber in Major Shootout That Foils Motel Robbery!!!

This is a hot ass mess and I think more than a little on the suspicious side. Ex CNN anchor, Lynne Russell and her husband, Chuck de Carlo were traveling through New Mexico when they decided to stop at a motel for the night. Chuck jumps into the shower and Lynne went out to the car to get something, (She never says what!) But as she walked back into the room, a robber armed with a handgun, jumps out and rushes into the room with her. He pushed me into the room and that’s when my husband came out of the shower and saw what was happening,” Russell told Albuquerque station KOB-TV. “We tried to calm him, confuse him and do everything we could do to just come out of it in one piece.”

After grabbing her husband’s briefcase, the man started shooting at de Caro. Russell ducked behind the furniture and de Caro fired back, hitting the man.

The robber was killed and de Caro was wounded, shot 3 times by the robber. "It was a gun battle, and Chuck was bleeding heavily, but he didn’t stop firing because the man was firing on him,” Russell told The New York Post.

In a telephone interview with The Associated Press, Russell said her husband was shot three times and was recovering at a hospital but she did not immediately know his condition.

“He’s in a lot of pain,” she said. “He took three shots, including a couple to the abdomen. But magically, his organs were not affected.

"He’s my hero. He saved my life,” Russell added. Both Russell and her husband have a license to carry a concealed weapon.

What sounds off to me is, why would she wait until the husband was in the shower to exit the room. How did the robber get so close so fast? Why didn't she take her gun with her when she exited the room? Why didn't she send her hubby out to the car to get whatever it was she needed? And why wasn't she more vigilant to her surroundings? I am glad that Chuck is gonna be okay, he's a hot little daddy. hahahaha

A former special forces officer, de Caro said he called upon his training to protect his wife.

“I was determined to save my dream girl’s life — even if it cost my own,” he told The Post.