Wonder if the vic’s age and skin color was a coinkydink, or if the perps had a mad-on for elderly white guys...
Hard to know how much actual thinking goes on in preparation for these crimes.
Sometimes, quite of bit of planning. Sometimes, almost spur of the moment.
I doubt if race had much to do with it. More likely, it was who they thought had money and looked like an easy mark.
Ancient Proverb: Old white guy look like sheep, bite like wolf.