An arrest affidavit says a Carrollton restaurant owner admitted to shooting five people, killing two, after a dispute over a failed real estate investment.
CARROLLTON, Texas — A Carrollton restaurant owner accused of killing two people and wounding three others told investigators he carried out the shootings over a failed business investment and financial disputes, according to arrest affidavits.
Seung Ho Han, 69, faces two counts of capital murder and three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in connection with the May 5 shootings in Carrollton. Court documents allege Han opened fire inside the Gwangjang Korean Market at Ktowne Plaza before driving to a nearby apartment complex and killing a second victim.
Police said Carrollton dispatchers received multiple 911 calls at about 9:57 a.m. reporting an active shooter at the market in the 4000 block of State Highway 121. Officers arrived to find four gunshot victims, including Sung Rae Cho, who died at the scene. The surviving victims were identified as Young Yoo, Olivia Kim and Yo Sung Kim.
According to the affidavit, Yoo told officers the group had gathered for a meeting when Han arrived and began shooting. Investigators said Han owned a nearby restaurant, Kkanbu Sushi, in the same shopping plaza.
While officers investigated the market shooting, police received another call around 11:13 a.m. about a shooting at The View Apartments on Old Denton Road. Officers found Edward Schleigh dead inside an apartment from gunshot wounds. Detectives later connected the killing to the earlier shooting.
Police tracked Han to the parking lot of the nearby H-Mart, where officers arrested him with live ammunition still in his pockets, according to the affidavit.
During an interview with detectives, conducted in Korean with the help of a bilingual officer, Han allegedly admitted to shooting all five victims. Investigators said Han described a business arrangement involving Yoo and Schleigh connected to a Georgia property investment. Han told police he gave Schleigh $70,000 and Yoo $5,000, but later believed the deal had fallen apart and the money would not be returned.
The affidavit also states Han blamed Olivia Kim for convincing Yoo to increase the rent on his restaurant by $2,000.
According to investigators, Han said he went to the Korean market intending to deliver rent money but instead arrived carrying a pistol. Police said Han told detectives he collected the victims’ cell phones after they threatened to call 911, then shot Yoo, the Kims and Cho. The affidavit says Cho was shot while trying to run toward the exit.
Investigators said Han then drove to Schleigh’s apartment, entered through an unlocked front door and shot him twice, allegedly telling detectives he was “tired of Schleigh taking his money.”
Afterward, police said Han drove to H-Mart because he wanted to say goodbye to workers at the fish market before planning to kill himself. Officers arrested him before he left the area.
The shootings have shaken Carrollton’s Korean business community, particularly in the busy Koreatown area near Old Denton Road.
“It’s been very quiet, very sad,” said Daniel Shin, owner of Omi Korean Grill in the H-Mart shopping center where the suspect was arrested.
Shin said business traffic dropped noticeably in the days after the shooting.
“We always have people walking around and having fun, eating some good restaurants,” Shin said. “But this whole week, I just don’t see people.”
Though Shin said he did not personally know the victims, he described the emotional toll spreading through the tight-knit Korean community.
“People are feeling it,” he said. “Lives are lost. People are in pain.”