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Via NY Daily News
A man who police say forced his “slave” to break into a former CNN anchor’s New Mexico motel room, sparking a deadly shoot out, has been charged with murder.
Skyy Durrell Barrs, 30, whom Albuquerque police say put the armed intruder up to the attack, was arrested Thursday for the ambush which left ex-anchor Lynne Russell’s husband wounded and intruder Tomorio Walton dead.
“Although Tomorio was shot by the robbery victim in self-defense, Tomorio’s death was caused by the actions of Skyy Barrs for planning to (commit a robbery) and providing Tomorio with a firearm,” the criminal complaint, obtained by Fox News read.
Those allegations reportedly emerged with the help of a police informant who referred to the duo’s plan of committing a robbery by its slang term of “hit a lick.” The informant also identified Walton as one of Barrs’ “slaves” who would carry out his dirty work.
Police say on June 30 Barrs dropped the 27-year-old off outside Russell’s Motel 6 room after arming him with a gun.
What he undoubtedly failed to expect, however, was that Russell and her former Green Beret husband, Chuck de Caro, who also previously served as a CNN reporter, had two legal concealed firearms with them.
The couple was four days into a road trip from Washington, D.C. to California when they stopped off for a break.