Ae Son Han, 67, is accused by Carrollton police of helping her husband in a series of fatal shootings linked to a financial dispute at Ktowne Plaza.
CARROLLTON, Texas — New details from a Carrollton police affidavit reveal how the wife of a restaurant owner accused of multiple fatal shootings allegedly helped facilitate one of the killings.
Ae Son Han, 67, is accused of assisting her husband, 69-year-old Seung Ho Han, in a series of shootings on May 5 that left multiple people dead and others injured, according to an arrest affidavit from the Carrollton PD obtained by WFAA.
Officers responded around 9:58 a.m. to a shooting at Gwangjang Market in the 4000 block of State Highway 121 in Carrollton. The location is part of a business strip center with several Korean-owned businesses.
When officers arrived, they found four victims with gunshot wounds. Two victims, identified as Sung Rae Kim and Young Yoo, were pronounced dead, the affidavit states. Other victims were taken to the hospital as officers searched for the suspect.
Investigators say Yoo told officers that he and others were meeting that morning when Seung Ho Han, whom he knew as the owner of a nearby restaurant, opened fire.
About an hour later, around 11:13 a.m., officers were dispatched to a second shooting at an apartment complex in the 2700 block of Old Denton Road. There, officers found Edward Schleigh dead inside his apartment, police said.
According to the affidavit, surveillance footage shows Seung Ho Han arriving at Schleigh’s apartment around 10:06 a.m., entering through an unlocked door, and leaving a few minutes later.
Police said the affidavit that evidence indicates Ae Son Han was with her husband during both incidents. Cell phone location data placed the couple at the market during the initial shooting and later traveling together to Schleigh’s apartment.
Investigators also reviewed video from a dash camera in the couple’s vehicle, which captured the pair driving from the market to the apartment complex. In the recording, Seung Ho Han can be heard telling his wife to call Schleigh, police said. Phone records show she placed that call at 9:58 a.m.
The footage also shows Ae Son Han exiting the vehicle and pacing in a parking garage near the apartment. Moments later, two gunshots can be heard. Additional video from a neighbor’s camera shows Seung Ho Han entering and then leaving the apartment, according to the affidavit.
After the shooting, the affidavit states that the couple left together and later stopped at a nearby McDonald’s, where they ordered drinks in the drive-thru.
A surviving victim, Olivia Kim, told detectives that after she was shot inside the market, she saw Ae Son Han walk in. Kim said she asked Han to call 911, but Han instead responded, “Why aren’t you dead yet? You should have been the first one dead,” before leaving the scene, according to the affidavit.
Carrollton police say Ae Son Han later admitted she knew her husband owned a handgun and had been upset over a $75,000 financial dispute. The affidavit also states that Han blamed Olivia Kim for convincing Yoo to increase the rent on his restaurant by $2,000.
Investigators also said Ae Son Han acknowledged that her husband had killed people that day before refusing to cooperate further, according to the affidavit.
Authorities allege Ae Son Han actively assisted in the second killing by calling Schleigh and helping locate him, and that she failed to report the shootings despite having knowledge of them.
Han was taken into custody after a short foot chase in Carrollton’s Koreatown area near Old Denton Road and President George Bush Turnpike. According to Carrollton police, detectives interviewed Han after his arrest, and he confessed to shooting all five victims. Investigators said Han told them he was angry over financial disagreements connected to business dealings involving the victims.
Ae Son Han was booked into the Carrollton Jail on May 20 and later transferred to the Denton County Jail.