Two dead, three injured in shooting at Carrollton Korean markets
Two people died and three others were injured Tuesday in a shooting near Carrollton’s K Towne Plaza, a shopping center mainly populated by Korean businesses, Police Chief Roberto Arredondo said.
Police were dispatched to the 4000 block of Texas 121 shortly before 10 a.m. Tuesday morning in response to reports of the shooting and possible wounded people, Arredondo said. When officers arrived, they located “victims of apparent gunshot wounds.”
Two of those victims are confirmed deceased, and three others are in stable condition, Arredondo said.
The shooting encompasses “multiple scenes” across the K Towne shopping plaza at State Highway 121 and Hebron Parkway, Arredondo said. Additionally, there is an active scene at another shopping plaza, known locally as “Koreatown,” at I-35 and the President George Bush Turnpike.
A 69-year-old Asian man, Seung Han Ho, was arrested after a foot chase at the second location, at a nearby H Mart, Arredondo said.
Ho was meeting with the victims for business purposes and the shooting was not “a random act of gunfire” or a hate crime, Arredondo said. Ho had a “known business relationship” with the victims of the shooting, police said.
Police will share updates on the investigation as they become available, Arredondo said.
