Suspect thought 90-year-old Navy veteran would be easy prey [Video]

HOUSTON — A judge on Thursday set bond at more than $7 million for the man accused of killing and carjacking a 90-year-old Navy veteran over the weekend, calling the crime “atrocious.”

Kyliel Denzel Arceneaux, 21, is charged with capital murder in the shooting death of Nelson Beckett on Saturday outside an assisted living apartment complex off Westbrae Parkway in southwest Houston. 

A prosecutor said Arceneaux confessed that he thought Beckett would be easy prey because he was using a walker so he didn’t think he would fight back. 

“The defendant struck the complainant several times with his firearm before shooting him fatally and then continued to strike him after that, before robbing him, taking the keys to his car – and once inside the car, …