Ex-CNN Reporter with Concealed Carry License Kills Would-Be Robber

Two former CNN employees were involved in a shootout with a robber in an Albuquerque motel room Tuesday night, with one of them pulling a gun and killing the man.

Former CNN anchor Lynne Russell and her husband former CNN reporter Chuck de Caro were in Albuquerque to get dinner for a friend. While de Caro was showering, a man accosted Russell in the parking lot and demanded to be let into her room.

As Russell came in, de Caro left the shower and also became a hostage. But the husband and wife duo were both legally carrying firearms and are reportedly expert shots. When Russell handed her husband her purse, she also snuck him her weapon.

What followed was a one-liner worthy of an action movie.  “‘Is there anything in here we can give him?'” Russell asked.

“Oh, yes, there is,” he responded

The robber reportedly began firing first. But de Caro pulled his wife’s weapon and killed the man, despite being shot several times. Even as he was bleeding badly, he reached for his own gun.

The robber was ruled dead on the scene. Authorities say de Caro was shot three times in non-vital areas, and is expected to survive.

Watch the report from NBC below:

[h/t NBC News]

[Image via screenshot/ NBC News]
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