FORMER CNN REPORTER CHUCK DE CARO CONTINUES HIS RECOVERY AT UNM HOSPITAL AFTER BEING SHOT IN AN ATTEMPTED ROBBERY AT AN ALBUQUERQUE MOTEL 6. DE CARO IS EXPECTED TO BE RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL NEXT WEEK.
DE CARO WAS SHOT WHEN HE AND HIS WIFE, FORMER CNN NEWS ANCHOR LYNNE RUSSELL, WERE HELD UP AT THE MOTEL AT COORS AND ILIFF ON JUNE 30TH. THE ALLEGED ARMED ROBBER … TOMORIO WALTON … WAS SHOT AND KILLED IN A GUNFIGHT WITH DE CARO AFTER HE CONFRONTED THEM IN THEIR MOTEL ROOM.
THE COUPLE WAS STAYING THERE OVERNIGHT BEFORE CONTINUING ON TO CALIFORNIA.
