2 Dead, 3 Injured in Carrollton K Towne Plaza Shooting; Suspect Arrested After Chase

Two people were killed and three others injured in connected shootings on May 5 in Carrollton, Texas, where police said a 69-year-old man opened fire on victims with whom he had a business relationship. The suspect was arrested after a foot chase and admitted to the shootings, investigators said.

The Details

Carrollton police said the first shooting was reported at approximately 9:57 a.m. at K Towne Plaza near State Highway 121 in Carrollton's Koreatown area. Officers found four adults with gunshot wounds at the scene, according to the Dallas Morning News.

Context

A second connected shooting was reported around 11:10 to 11:13 a.m. on Old Denton Road, where officers found another male dead inside an apartment, FOX 4 Dallas-Fort Worth reported.

Police said the suspect, identified in coverage as a 69-year-old man whose name was reported variously as Seung Ho Han, Sung Ho Han, or Seung Han Ho, was arrested around 12:12 p.m. near H Mart on Old Denton Road after a short foot chase, according to WFAA.

Carrollton Police Chief Roberto Arredondo told reporters that the relationship between the suspect and victims was a known business connection. "It was a known business relationship. We're still trying to work to identify what caused his actions," he said, according to the Texas Tribune and Associated Press. In a separate briefing reported by Spectrum News, Arredondo said, "We don't know exactly what the meeting was about, but we understand it to be a business relation."

Police said the suspect admitted shooting all five victims and told investigators he was angry over financial disagreements tied to business dealings with them, WFAA reported.

The Carrollton Police Department said the shooting was not believed to be random and investigators did not believe it was a hate crime, according to FOX 4. The Dallas Morning News reported that the three surviving shooting victims were in stable condition.

The FBI, ATF, Texas DPS, and other agencies assisted Carrollton police at the scene, the Dallas Morning News reported.

John Jun, a Korean American community leader in Carrollton, told WFAA, "We're mourning that this happened. It was unexpected."

What's Next

Police had not publicly released the victims' identities in the reviewed coverage, according to the fact brief. Specific criminal charges were not enumerated in the sources reviewed, despite reports that the suspect was charged. The exact police-confirmed spelling of the suspect's name also needs document-level confirmation because outlets varied in their reporting.