'Point 'em out, knock 'em out'

Brutal game ends when assault victim fires his concealed handgun:

The game was called "point 'em out, knock 'em out," and it was as random as it was brutal.

The object: Target an innocent victim for no other reason than they are there, then sucker punch him or her.

But on this day in Lansing, there would be no punch. The teen-age attacker had a stun gun. He did not know his would-be victim was carrying a legally concealed pistol.

The teen lost the game.

The article seems to be very sympathetic to the teenage would-be attacker.

Why?

The intended victim, just a guy waiting to pick his daughter up from school.

So one has to ask a few questions.

1.) Why was the race of the would be attacker no mentioned in the article?  His picture was shown and yes, the would be attack is black.

2.) Why was the race of the would be victim not mentioned?  I am guessing he was white, because, well, if the intended victim was white and the article informs the reader of that fact, it would only reinforce the stereotype of black teenage criminals randomly attacking innoccent white victim.

3.) The article described in detail, the gun used by the intended victim to defend himself,  a "stainless steel .40-caliber Smith and Wesson. It had a full 10-bullet magazine, and was worth about $900 police estimated."  Why the the material of the weapon, the size of the magazine, and the cost of the weapon mentioned in the article?