Officials respond to the scene of a shooting at K Towne Plaza in Carrollton, Texas, May 5. AP-Yonhap
CARROLLTON, Texas — A man shot five people, killing two, in back-to-back shootings Tuesday at a shopping center and then an apartment building because he was angry over business dealings, police said.
The first shooting happened just before 10 a.m. at a shopping center in a Koreatown neighborhood in a suburb north of Dallas, the Carrollton Police Department said. When police arrived, they found four adults who had been shot. While they were investigating, another shooting was reported at an apartment complex roughly 6 kilometers away, and responding officers found a dead man inside one of the apartments.
Investigators determined the suspect, 69-year-old Han Seung Ho, carried out both of the shootings, police said. He was arrested at a nearby grocery store after a short chase on foot. Police say Han acknowledged he was the shooter in an interview with detectives and said he was angry at the people he shot because of financial disagreements over their business dealings.
It was not a random act of violence and the attacker knew both of the people who were fatally shot, Carrollton Police Chief Roberto Arredondo said.
“It was a known business relationship. We’re still trying to work to identify what caused his actions,” Arredondo said.
The three people injured in the shooting were in stable condition, Arredondo said. The names of the victims were not released.
Shortly after the shooting, officers with their guns drawn walked past doors at K Towne Plaza in an area of Carrollton known as Koreatown. Agents from the FBI were among law enforcement collecting evidence in the parking lot.
Carrollton — population 130,000 — is 32 kilometers north of Dallas. More than 4,000 residents are of Korean descent, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Officials respond to the scene of a shooting at K Towne Plaza in Carrollton, Texas, May 5. AP-Yonhap
Source: Korea Times News
