She said she offered to search \nher purse for something of value to hand over to the gunman \u2014 and \nslipped her gun into the purse, which she then handed to her husband.
“‘Is there anything in here we can give him?’” Russell said she asked. “Chuck said, 'Oh, yes, there is.’”
Holy shit. Journalists?
De Caro \u2014 a former investigative reporter, Special Forces member and military expert…
Russell \u2014 herself a licensed private investigator and former Fulton \nCounty, Georgia, sheriff’s deputy with two martial arts black belts…
Oh. Well, maybe they do still make them like they used to.
"}“Chuck fired back, and it was a shootout,” she said. “He expended \nthe rounds from one small handgun and grabbed for the other even as he \nhad taken fire” and was losing blood quickly.
“The guy went down, and he was history,” Russell said.
De Caro was hit three times, but the bullets \ndidn’t strike any vital organs, Russell said. Authorities said he was \nexpected to survive.