1.   Barretto said the killing did not appear a random robbery attempt.

2.   A Florida man is shot four times in front of his family and dies in a random robbery.

3.   But a random robbery seems an even less plausible explanation for a cold-blooded slaying of a dedicated gang-crime prosecutor.

4.   But a random robbery seems even less plausible.

5.   Police sources say they are backing off from the theory that a random robbery escalated into murder.

6.   The verdict came a day after Shakur was shot at a Manhattan recording studio in what the police say was a random robbery.

7.   Authorities have said the family was killed during a random robbery.

8.   His colleagues dismissed it as a random robbery.