Mothers with babies, the elderly, the disabled

[Daruma]

Hello.

EAP2 Speed-Read: Secrets of a Pickpocket

1. Mothers with babies, the elderly, the disabled are all fair game.
2. Mothers with babies, the elderly, and the disabled are all fair game.

I think that sentence 2 is grammatical. What do you think of sentence 1?

[apex2000]

Sentence two is correct.

[Daruma]

Yes, sentence 2 is correct, and sentence 1 is...

[Barb_D]

It's a common way of writing. It's a style.

I'd prefer #2 because it's more standard, but I wouldn't say #1 was wrong.

Mothers, the elderly, the disabled: all are fair game.

That works too.

[Raymott]

Mothers, the elderly, the disabled: all are fair game.
That works too.

Mothers, the elderly, the disabled - all are fair game.
So does a dash.

[Tdol]

In speech, number 1 wouldn't raise many eyebrows.