--- description: Former CNN reporters Chuck de Caro and Lynne Russell got more than they bargained for when they stopped at an Albuquerque motel on June 30 title: Ex-CNN Reporters In Motel Shootout image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt48d7b41bef022678/6988596de20a87654ba8c220/ap_906732416002.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Two Former CNN Reporters Got Into a Motel Gunfight With a Suspected Intruder by [Alissa Greenberg](/author/alissa-greenberg/) ## Alissa Greenberg Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 14, 2023 11:22 PM CUTPublished: Jul 2, 2015 8:47 AM CUT  An Albuquerque Police Department officer collects evidence after a man was killed and another injured during what police say was an altercation between the two at a Motel 6 in Albuquerque, N.M. on June 30, 2015 An Albuquerque Police Department officer collects evidence after a man was killed and another injured during what police say was an altercation between the two at a Motel 6 in Albuquerque, N.M. on June 30, 2015Adolphe Pierre-Louis—Albuquerque Journal/AP by [Alissa Greenberg](/author/alissa-greenberg/) ## Alissa Greenberg Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 14, 2023 11:22 PM CUTPublished: Jul 2, 2015 8:47 AM CUT Chuck de Caro and his wife Lynne Russell got [more than they bargained for](http://edition.cnn.com/2015/07/01/us/new-mexico-motel-shooting/ "undefined") when they stopped at an Albuquerque Motel 6 on June 30 during a cross-country road trip. A man allegedly forced his way into the room that the former CNN special assignments correspondent and former Headline News anchor were sharing after Russell went to retrieve something from her car around midnight, CNN reports. The man held Russell at gunpoint, she said, and was going through the couple’s valuables when de Caro opened fire using one of the couple’s two guns, which his wife had retrieved from a side table and passed him surreptitiously in her purse. A firefight ensued, and both de Caro and the intruder were hit. The suspected intruder died at the hospital; de Caro, who sustained three bullet wounds to the leg and torso, is expected to make a full recovery. The couple maintain that both of the guns they used in self-defense were legal, and Albuquerque police spokesman Fred Duran told CNN he did not expect any charges to be filed. \[[_CNN_](http://edition.cnn.com/2015/07/01/us/new-mexico-motel-shooting/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3944301/cnn-reporters-motel-gunfight-ynne-russell-chuck-de-caro/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3944301/cnn-reporters-motel-gunfight-ynne-russell-chuck-de-caro/"},"headline":"Two Former CNN Reporters Got Into a Motel Gunfight With a Suspected Intruder","datePublished":"2015-07-02T08:47:14.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-14T23:22:35.000Z","description":"One person was killed and another hospitalized with gunshot wounds","url":"https://time.com/3944301/cnn-reporters-motel-gunfight-ynne-russell-chuck-de-caro/","keywords":["CNN","Crime","Guns","robbery"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt48d7b41bef022678/6988596de20a87654ba8c220/ap_906732416002.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alissa Greenberg","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alissa-greenberg/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt48d7b41bef022678/6988596de20a87654ba8c220/ap_906732416002.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Albuquerque Motel Shootings","caption":"Albuquerque Motel Shootings","creditText":"Adolphe Pierre-Louis—Albuquerque Journal/AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3944301/cnn-reporters-motel-gunfight-ynne-russell-chuck-de-caro/","name":"Two Former CNN Reporters Got Into a Motel Gunfight With a Suspected Intruder"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Watch How The AK-47 Came to be \"Made in America\"","description":"Gun stores all across America are selling out of the world's most popular assault rifle","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/rMQyvrTm/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-01-28T19:20:54.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/rMQyvrTm.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3944301/cnn-reporters-motel-gunfight-ynne-russell-chuck-de-caro/","duration":"PT1M44S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3944301/cnn-reporters-motel-gunfight-ynne-russell-chuck-de-caro/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```