NM - Ex-CNN anchor Lynne Russell in shootout at Route 66 Motel 6

[wfgodot]

At Daily News:

Ex-CNN anchor attacked by gunman in her Motel 6 room but survives after her naked ex-
special forces husband jumps out of shower and shoots robber dead (after taking 3 bullets)

⁍ Lynne Russell, 68, was attacked by gunman in Albuquerque NM
⁍ Stopped at Motel 6 room about two miles from historic Route 66
⁍ She and husband Chuck de Caro stopped for the night on road trip
⁍ Russell was cornered in room when de Caro burst out of shower naked
⁍ Former newsreader slipped her husband a gun during tense exchange
⁍ Said de Caro managed to kill gunman, but was shot three times himself

story & pics at link

 

[SurfieTX]

Russell described the man's gun as "a 40-caliber big shiny silver handgun." The man pushed her into the motel room just as her husband was coming out of the shower, she said.

"In the process, I recognized what I had seen before — I was a deputy sheriff for many years — that this guy was used to this," Russell said. "I suddenly realized that it wouldn't bother him at all to pull the trigger."

Russell and de Caro — both described as expert shots — were legally carrying concealed handguns, she said. She said she offered to search her purse for something of value to hand over to the gunman — and slipped her gun into the purse, which she then handed to her husband.

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...b-ex-reporters-lynne-russell-chuck-de-n385416

 

[cluciano63]

Might be RT 66 but here in town it is also Central Blvd. and most of it is pretty dicey, especially where the inexpensive motels are located.

 

[wfgodot]

Only better tabloidish-thread-titled, NM-related numerical possibility was if the Motel 6 in question would have been on or near Gallup's at-one-time-named Hwy. 666.