ALBUQUERQUE — The man fatally shot by a former CNN reporter at an Albuquerque motel had fled parole in Tennessee.
Albuquerque Police Department spokesman Tanner Tixier said Thursday that Tomorio Walton had absconded from parole out of Memphis and it wasn’t clear how long he had been in New Mexico. Chuck de Caro and his wife, Lynne Russell, were in their room when Walton, 27, allegedly tried to rob them.
Russell, a former CNN anchor, said the couple stopped at a Motel 6 on Tuesday after a long day of traveling. She said an armed man was at their door when she returned from getting something from their car. Walton allegedly took de Caro’s briefcase before shooting at him. Both Russell and de Caro have concealed-carry permits and de Caro “fired back and it was a shootout,” Russell said.
