A 69-year-old man fatally shot two people and wounded three others in back-to-back attacks at a North Texas shopping center and a nearby apartment complex on May 5, 2026, authorities said, in a targeted outburst of violence police say was driven by a soured business relationship.
The first shooting erupted just before 10 a.m. at K Towne Plaza, a retail hub in the Koreatown neighborhood of Carrollton, a city of more than 130,000 residents about 20 miles (32 kilometers) north of Dallas. Officers arriving at the scene found four adults with gunshot wounds. As detectives began processing the scene, a second call came in: another shooting at an apartment complex roughly 4 miles (6 kilometers) away, where police discovered a dead man inside one of the units.
The suspect, identified by police as Seung Ho Han, was arrested a short time later at a grocery store after a brief foot chase. Investigators believe Han carried out both shootings.
A Targeted Attack, Not Random Violence
Carrollton Police Chief Roberto Arredondo said the violence was not random and that the victims were known to the gunman. Han, police said, told detectives during an interview that he was angry with the people he shot over financial disagreements tied to their business dealings.
“It was a known business relationship. We’re still trying to work to identify what caused his actions,” Arredondo said.
The three wounded victims were in stable condition, the chief said. Authorities did not immediately release the names of those killed or injured. It was also not immediately clear whether Han had retained an attorney who could speak on his behalf.
Officers later converged on a nearby apartment complex where Han had reportedly lived recently. Neighbors who spoke with investigators said they did not recognize his name.
Heavy Federal Presence at the Scene
Video circulating online showed Carrollton officers moving cautiously past storefronts at K Towne Plaza with their weapons drawn in the chaotic minutes after the first shooting. Agents from the FBI and at least one other federal agency were among the law enforcement personnel who responded, with FBI agents seen collecting evidence in the parking lot throughout the afternoon.
The federal involvement underscored the scale of the response, even as police described the case as a personal dispute rather than an act of mass terror. Detectives spent hours canvassing the shopping plaza, interviewing witnesses and reviewing surveillance footage to piece together the sequence of events between the two shooting locations.
Shock Ripples Through Koreatown
The shootings landed hard in Carrollton’s tight-knit Korean American community, where K Towne Plaza is a familiar gathering place. According to U.S. Census Bureau data, more than 4,000 of the city’s residents are of Korean descent — a population that has helped transform this Dallas suburb into one of the largest Koreatown enclaves in the southern United States.
“We’re shocked,” said John Jun, who is active in the Korean American community. “We’re not immune to something like this happening, but we are very generally a peaceful community that works hard.”
Over the past 20 years, the neighborhood has flourished thanks to investment from Korean entrepreneurs. It is anchored by H Mart, the well-known Asian supermarket chain, and lined with dozens of restaurants offering everything from Korean fried chicken to shaved ice desserts known as bingsu. The city is also home to multiple Korean churches, including Baptist and Presbyterian congregations that draw worshippers from across the metro area.
For longtime residents and small business owners, the daytime gunfire was a jarring intrusion on a community that prides itself on stability and entrepreneurship. Several merchants in the plaza closed their doors for the remainder of the day as the investigation unfolded.
Investigation Continues Into Business Dispute
Police are still working to determine the exact nature of the meeting that preceded the shootings and the specifics of the financial disputes Han allegedly cited. Arredondo emphasized that while investigators have established that the encounters at the plaza and the apartment complex were connected, many questions remain about why tensions escalated so violently on Tuesday morning.
The case adds Carrollton to a string of recent shopping center shootings across the country, though officials in Carrollton stressed that this incident appears to have been driven by a personal grievance rather than indiscriminate violence directed at the public.
Han remained in custody Tuesday evening as detectives continued their interviews and prepared to formally present charges. Authorities said additional details, including the identities of the victims and a more complete timeline of the attacks, would be released as the investigation progresses.
For now, residents of Carrollton’s Koreatown were left to grapple with an unsettling reality — that a violent dispute, born from the world of business, had spilled out into the streets of a community known for its quiet diligence and growing prosperity.
