# Ex-CNN anchor Lynn Russell’s husband wounded in deadly shootout with gunman **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 1, 2015, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ex-cnn-anchor-lynn-russell-s-husband-wounded-in-deadly-shootout-with-gunman/724004 "2015-07-01T23:41:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Mouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mighty_mouse/32/7776_2.png) [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2015, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ex-cnn-anchor-lynn-russell-s-husband-wounded-in-deadly-shootout-with-gunman/724004/21 "2015-07-04T00:20:53Z")
> [@bobkitty](#): > > I’m just a little stuck on why on earth they were staying at such a low-rent motel. Seriously, two highly paid professionals sleeping at a Motel 6? There wasn’t a Marriott nearby?? They had a dog. I haven’t been in many Hiltons that accepted pets. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2015, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ex-cnn-anchor-lynn-russell-s-husband-wounded-in-deadly-shootout-with-gunman/724004/22 "2015-07-04T00:40:15Z")
> [@Mighty\_Mouse](#): > > They had a dog. I haven’t been in many Hiltons that accepted pets. What did the dog do during the attack? ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_fun_ball/32/17664_2.png) [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2015, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ex-cnn-anchor-lynn-russell-s-husband-wounded-in-deadly-shootout-with-gunman/724004/23 "2015-07-04T00:41:25Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > It’s actually refreshing to read of defensive gun use; so much of it doesn’t make the main news. Cite? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2015, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ex-cnn-anchor-lynn-russell-s-husband-wounded-in-deadly-shootout-with-gunman/724004/24 "2015-07-04T01:20:36Z")
> [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](#): > > Cite? Well, I found out about it here, not on CNN. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2015, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ex-cnn-anchor-lynn-russell-s-husband-wounded-in-deadly-shootout-with-gunman/724004/25 "2015-07-04T01:24:16Z")
> [@Crotalus](#): > > I think most people who think about self-defence and personal safety much would consider a motel parking lot at night to be place and time for increased alertness and preparedness. No matter who we are or how prepared we think we are, we all have our Homer Simpson moments. After all, how many news stories do we see about “the police officer, taken by surprise” or “the troops were ambushed in an area known for resistance”? > [@BrotherCadfael](#): > > The one in Fonda, NY is excellent. New, clean, quiet. The one in Altoona, PA is great as well. Although the one night I was there at the same time as a large group of Scottish Travellers I did sleep a little lighter than usual. For nothing as it turned out. That place probably turned out to be the safest place in town - at least from them. They may not be totally honest but they aren’t idiots. I can plainly say that in all the years of using Motel 6, Red Roof and the like I can only remember one where I felt honestly at risk at all. Mostly because of the people in and around the attached bar. I probably didn’t have to but I ate the fee and moved down the road another exit or two. Never had an issue, in terms of an altercation, at any of them. More upscale though is another story. Usually some drunk from the wedding reception in the main ballroom but ---------- ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2015, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ex-cnn-anchor-lynn-russell-s-husband-wounded-in-deadly-shootout-with-gunman/724004/26 "2015-07-04T02:35:27Z")
Suspect identified. > **[Gunman killed by ex-CNN anchor Lynn Russell’s husband was Tennessee parolee](https://www.nydailynews.com/2015/07/03/gunman-killed-by-ex-cnn-anchor-lynn-russells-husband-was-tennessee-parolee/)** > > The robber shot dead by a former CNN reporter inside a New Mexico motel was a Tennessee convict violating his parole, cops said. Tomorio Walton was shot and killed in a shootout Tuesday with Chuck … > [@](#): > > Tomorio Walton was shot and killed in a shootout Tuesday with Chuck de Caro, a former CNN investigative journalist married to the network’s ex-anchor Lynne Russell, Albuquerque police said. > > Walton, 27, absconded from his parole in Memphis, Tenn., according to Albuquerque police spokesman Tanner Tixier. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2015, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ex-cnn-anchor-lynn-russell-s-husband-wounded-in-deadly-shootout-with-gunman/724004/27 "2015-07-04T12:36:13Z")
Wow. Times must be really tough for the Walton family for one of them to resort to this. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2015, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ex-cnn-anchor-lynn-russell-s-husband-wounded-in-deadly-shootout-with-gunman/724004/28 "2015-07-04T15:14:14Z")
> [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](#): > > Wow. Times must be really tough for the Walton family for one of them to resort to this. Blame it on the death of the small family farm. Now say “Goodnight Tomorio”. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2015, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ex-cnn-anchor-lynn-russell-s-husband-wounded-in-deadly-shootout-with-gunman/724004/29 "2015-07-11T09:15:54Z")
Quite a bizarre turn of events. Slave? WTH? Sounds like a pimp/hooker relationship where the pimp totally dominates and controls their women. Collects all the money too. Except here its a dude controlling other dudes and telling them who to rob. Sure glad both these guys didn’t go into that motel room armed. I don’t think Chuck De Caro would have survived. He took three bullets just taking out one guy. > **[Murder charge filed against 2nd man in attempted robbery of ex-CNN anchor...](https://www.nydailynews.com/2015/07/10/murder-charge-filed-against-2nd-man-in-attempted-robbery-of-ex-cnn-anchor-lynn-russell-husband/)** > > A man who police say forced his “slave” to break into a former CNN anchor’s New Mexico motel room, sparking a deadly shoot out, has been charged with murder. Skyy Durrell Barrs, 3… > [@](#): > > Skyy Durrell Barrs, 30, whom Albuquerque police say put the armed intruder up to the attack, was arrested Thursday for the ambush which left ex-anchor Lynne Russell’s husband wounded and intruder Tomorio Walton dead. > > “Although Tomorio was shot by the robbery victim in self-defense, Tomorio’s death was caused by the actions of Skyy Barrs for planning to (commit a robbery) and providing Tomorio with a firearm,” the criminal complaint, obtained by Fox News read. > > Those allegations reportedly emerged with the help of a police informant who referred to the duo’s plan of committing a robbery by its slang term of “hit a lick.” The informant also identified Walton as one of Barrs’ “slaves” who would carry out his dirty work. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2015, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ex-cnn-anchor-lynn-russell-s-husband-wounded-in-deadly-shootout-with-gunman/724004/30 "2015-07-11T09:26:59Z")
local news has more information. They got a good case if he’s linked to the crime scene. [http://kfor.com/2015/07/09/alleged-accomplice-of-man-who-tried-to-rob-ex-cnn-personalities-charged-in-death/](http://kfor.com/2015/07/09/alleged-accomplice-of-man-who-tried-to-rob-ex-cnn-personalities-charged-in-death/) > [@](#): > > The confidential informant tells Gonterman that Barrs heard the gunshots and drove around the parking lot and found Walton covered in blood. > > The source says Barrs held Walton and looked at him, then got in the car and fled. > > The source identified the car, Barrs and his girlfriend, the affidavit says. > > Authorities lodged multiple charges because, they say, Barrs was involved in the planning to rob the couple. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2015, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ex-cnn-anchor-lynn-russell-s-husband-wounded-in-deadly-shootout-with-gunman/724004/31 "2015-09-26T13:23:54Z")
Chuck De Caro isn’t doing well. Shot July 1 and he went to rehab in mid Aug. His wife Lynn posted an update on his GoFund page. He was in severe pain and couldn’t walk more than a few steps. Nothing improved even after pain meds and three weeks rehab. Then she tweeted these updates Sept 9 and 21. That sounds really bad. Maybe that shrapnel was the cause of his pain in rehab? Thats the real world realities of getting shot. People thought he’d be up and around in a few weeks. Three months later he sounds as bad or worse than after the shooting. The news has long forgotten this story. Their GoFund page only raised $6,000. It never got linked on any of the early news articles and people didn’t know about it. Its been taken down. Life is hard. Even harder after a shooting like this. Lynne Russell CNNHLN ‏@LynneRussellCNN Sep 21 HeroHusband#CHUCKDECARO: 18" blood clot, more shrapnel surgery frm #DANGEROUSMOTEL6/ALBUQUERQUE shooting. “Failure not an option.” xxoo 3 retweets 2 favorites Lynne Russell CNNHLN ‏@LynneRussellCNN Sep 21 Lynne Russell CNNHLN ‏@LynneRussellCNN Sep 9 CHUCK NEW EMERGENCY SURGERY -shrapnel at femoral artery- 2 mo after being shot at #DANGEROUSMOTEL6/ALBUQUERQUE. Thanks for support & love! 2 retweets 5 favorites ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2015, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ex-cnn-anchor-lynn-russell-s-husband-wounded-in-deadly-shootout-with-gunman/724004/32 "2015-09-26T14:49:50Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Thats the real world realities of getting shot. People thought he’d be up and around in a few weeks. Three months later he sounds as bad or worse than after the shooting. Yep, it’s not like the movies where if you don’t die at the scene or the ER then you’re walking about shortly. He took a whole lot of hurt. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2015, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ex-cnn-anchor-lynn-russell-s-husband-wounded-in-deadly-shootout-with-gunman/724004/33 "2015-09-26T16:45:41Z")
To what extent is the motel legally liable? I read that Connie Francis won a big lawsuit after she was raped at Howard Johnsons. > **[Connie Francis |](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connie_Francis#1974.E2.80.931981:_Tragedy_and_return)** > > After her modest success with "(Should I) Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree?" Francis began performing regularly again. While appearing at the Westbury Music Fair in New York, on November 8, 1974, Francis was raped at the Jericho Turnpike Howard Johnson's Lodge in Jericho, New York, and nearly suffocated under the weight of a heavy mattress the culprit had thrown upon her. She subsequently sued the motel chain for failing to provide adequate security and reportedly won a $2.5 million In... ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2015, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ex-cnn-anchor-lynn-russell-s-husband-wounded-in-deadly-shootout-with-gunman/724004/34 "2015-09-26T18:51:15Z")
Good point. Maybe they can sue the motel. I’d guess it depends on how much prior crime they’d had at that business? The criminals seemed pretty at ease robbing people at the motel. The leader (currently charged) gives a gun to his buddy and drops him off near the guest’s rooms. There’s video of bad guy stalking around the hallways until he spots Lynne. Comes up from behind (as she opens the door), hard shove and he steps into the room. It looks to me like he’s done that move a few times before. [Video from the hallway. Lynne is shoved into the room at 6:45 min](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CuZ4fmE5oI) I’d hope a lawsuit might be possible if this motel had guests robbed before. They should have hired security if crime had occurred there recently. ---
**Author:** ![Mk\_VII](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Mk\_VII](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mk_VII)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2015, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ex-cnn-anchor-lynn-russell-s-husband-wounded-in-deadly-shootout-with-gunman/724004/35 "2015-09-26T19:27:58Z")
No house dick? Guess that’s why they are cheap? Taking three slugs was always going to be tough to ride out, especially if you are not young anymore. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2015, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ex-cnn-anchor-lynn-russell-s-husband-wounded-in-deadly-shootout-with-gunman/724004/36 "2015-09-27T01:54:03Z")
Was this the motel B&E where the Wife gave the Husband a pistol and he shot the bad guy? ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2015, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ex-cnn-anchor-lynn-russell-s-husband-wounded-in-deadly-shootout-with-gunman/724004/37 "2015-09-27T02:57:59Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Was this the motel B&E where the Wife gave the Husband a pistol and he shot the bad guy? Yes. He was in the shower and came out to investigate the disturbance. dripping wet and nekkid he confronted the bad guy. He received 3 bullet wounds before he managed to kill the intruder. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ex-cnn-anchor-lynn-russell-s-husband-wounded-in-deadly-shootout-with-gunman/724004.md?page=1)