A man was arrested near a busy Koreatown shopping mall in suburban Dallas on Tuesday, accused of fatally shooting two people and injuring several others at two separate scenes.
The suspect, identified as 69-year-old Seung Ho Han, was arrested after a foot chase, Carrollton Police Chief Roberto Arredondo said during a news conference.
Police described the shootings as an isolated attack and said there is no ongoing threat to the public.
“This was an incident where it was not a random act,” Arredondo told reporters at a press conference Tuesday, saying, “It was a known business relationship.”
The Carrollton assault comes during a year marked by persistent mass‑shooting violence nationwide. According to the Gun Violence Archive, the U.S. recorded 98 mass shootings through March 31, leaving 115 people dead and 377 wounded. The archive defines a mass shooting as one in which at least four people are shot, minus the attacker. The FBI, however, defines it as an event in which one or more individuals are “actively engaged in killing or attempting to kill people in a populated area. Implicit in this definition is the shooter’s use of a firearm.”
The violence has occurred in homes, parking lots, schools, shopping centers and public gatherings—a pattern archive analysts say reflects multi‑victim gunfire becoming a routine scourge in the U.S.
What to Know
Carrollton police say the first shooting unfolded just before 10 a.m. at the K Towne Plaza near State Highway 121 and West Hebron Parkway, police said in a press release.
Han opened fire during a business meeting near the plaza, and officers found four people shot when they arrived.
One adult male died at the scene, while two adult males and one adult female were taken to the hospital, a press release from the police department said. The three victims are listed in stable condition.
Just an hour later, police were called to a second shooting scene on Old Denton Road, where they discovered another deceased male in an apartment, believed to have been shot by Han, according to the release.
Officers tracked Han to an Asian market nearby on Old Denton Road, where he was taken into custody.
The suspect allegedly confessed to shooting all five victims, telling investigators “he was angry at the victims due to financial disagreements related to their business dealings,” the police department said in a press release.
Han owns a restaurant called Kkanbu Sushi in the strip mall where the first shooting took place, according to public records reviewed by Newsweek.
Carrollton is about 20 miles north of Dallas. Of Carrollton’s 130,000-plus population, over 4,000 are of Korean descent, according to the U.S. Census American Community Survey.
In the last 20 years, Carrollton’s Koreatown in the metro Dallas area has thrived, thanks to Korean investors, the Associated Press reported. It’s anchored by big-box businesses like H-Mart supermarket as well as dozens of Korean restaurants serving everything from Korean fried chicken to shaved ice desserts. The city is also home to multiple Korean churches, from Baptist to Presbyterian.
The shooting unfolded in a heavily trafficked Koreatown district, where families, restaurant workers and small‑business owners were caught in the chaos.
It also comes as Texas continues grappling with rising gun violence in public venues, including the 2023 mass shooting at Allen Premium Outlets.
What Happens Next
The identities of the victims have yet to be released. Investigators are interviewing witnesses and reviewing evidence from both shootings.
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