Two men were killed and three people were wounded after a business dispute tied to $75,000, police say.

CARROLLTON, Texas — A 67-year-old woman was arrested after police said she helped her husband during a pair of May 5 shootings that killed two men and wounded three others in Carrollton’s Korean business district.

Ae Son Han faces a murder charge in the case, while her husband, 69-year-old Seung Ho Han, faces two counts of capital murder and three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Police said the shootings were not random. Investigators have described the attacks as tied to a failed business deal, a rent dispute and long-running anger over money.

The first call came shortly before 10 a.m. at K Towne Plaza in the 4000 block of State Highway 121, a shopping center with Korean restaurants and businesses. Officers found four people with gunshot wounds inside or near Gwangjang Korean Market. Sung Rae Cho died there, while three other people survived and were taken for medical care. About an hour later, police were sent to an apartment in the 2700 block of Denton Road, less than a mile away. There, officers found Edward Schleigh dead. Carrollton police later said Seung Ho Han admitted shooting all five victims after he was taken into custody.

The case changed again nearly two weeks later, when police announced that Ae Son Han had been arrested in Minnesota with help from the U.S. Marshals Service. Detectives said follow-up interviews and digital evidence showed she was present during the shootings and aided her husband in the second homicide. The affidavit says one surviving victim asked Ae Son Han to call 911 after being shot. Instead, police said, Han replied, “Why aren’t you dead yet?” and told the woman she should have been the first person killed before walking out of the market. Investigators said Han later acknowledged knowing her husband had killed people that day, then stopped cooperating.

Police said Seung Ho Han owned a sushi restaurant in the plaza and believed he had lost $75,000 in business dealings with people connected to the shootings. According to court records described by investigators, Han told detectives he had given Schleigh $70,000 and another person $5,000 for a property deal in Georgia. He also said he was angry over a rent increase at his restaurant. Detectives said the victims were not strangers to him. They were tied to the business relationships at the center of the dispute, including the property deal and restaurant issues. Officials have not said that the financial claims were proven, only that Han cited them as his motive.

Investigators said the husband and wife left the first scene and drove toward the second location. Dashcam video described in the affidavit captured Seung Ho Han asking Ae Son Han to call Schleigh to see whether he was home. Police said that call helped locate Schleigh before he was killed. Detectives also said the couple went to a McDonald’s drive-thru after the shootings and ordered drinks. Seung Ho Han was arrested later near a grocery store after a short foot chase. Police said he told them he had gone to the area to say goodbye to friends and had planned to kill himself, but officers found him first.

The charges place the couple on different legal tracks. Seung Ho Han is accused of personally shooting all five victims. Ae Son Han is accused of helping him and failing to report what had happened, including her alleged role before the second killing. Her murder charge centers on the second homicide, according to police accounts of the investigation. Authorities have not publicly detailed whether prosecutors will seek to add more charges against her. It was not immediately clear from the reported records whether she had a lawyer who could speak on her behalf. Police said they were working to return her to Texas after her arrest in Minnesota.

The shootings shook the shopping area, which sits in a busy part of Carrollton known for Korean-owned markets, restaurants and small businesses. The first scene brought police, fire crews and federal agents to a plaza normally filled with shoppers and workers. Police Chief Roberto Arredondo said after the initial attack that it was a targeted shooting, not a random act of gunfire. That point has remained central to the investigation. Officers focused on business records, interviews, surveillance footage and digital evidence as they worked to explain how a money dispute moved from meetings and phone calls to two crime scenes in one morning.

The victims’ names released in reports include Cho, who died at the market, and Schleigh, who died at the apartment. Other victims survived, including the woman who police say asked Ae Son Han for help. Investigators have not made public every surviving victim’s full medical status beyond earlier reports that they were stable after being taken to hospitals. The affidavit’s account of the wounded woman’s request for help became one of the starkest details in the case because it put Ae Son Han at the scene and described her alleged response before she left with her husband.

Police said the investigation remains active as prosecutors review the evidence and court proceedings move forward. The next major step is the handling of Ae Son Han’s return to Texas and the continued prosecution of Seung Ho Han on the capital murder and aggravated assault charges.

Author note: Last updated June 19, 2026.