TUESDAY NIGHT’S DEADLY INCIDENT AT THE MOTEL SIX AT ILIFF AND COORS WAS THE RESULT OF AN ATTEMPTED ROBBERY. ACCORDING TO A CALLER TO 770 KKOB, THE SHOOTING INVOLVED FORMER CNN REPORTER CHUCK DE CARO AND HIS WIFE, FORMER CNN ANCHOR LYNNE RUSSELL. THE CALLER, PAT CLAWSON, TELLS US RUSSELL TOLD HIM THE ROBBER BROKE INTO THEIR ROOM AND DEMANDED VALUABLES. DE CARO GRABBED HIS GUN AND SHOT THE ROBBER, KILLING HIM. DE CARO WAS ALSO HIT BY GUNFIRE BUT IS EXPECTED TO SURVIVE. CLAWSON SAYS THE COUPLE WAS TRAVELING FROM THE EAST COAST TO CALIFORNIA.
