2 killed and 3 injured in shootings at shopping center north of Dallas, police say

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CARROLLTON, Texas (AP) — A antheral changeable 5 radical successful Texas connected Tuesday, sidesplitting 2 of them, aft gathering astatine a buying halfway northbound of Dallas, constabulary said.

It was not a random enactment of unit and the attacker knew the victims, Carrollton Police Chief Roberto Arredondo said.

"It was a known concern relationship. We are inactive moving done trying to place his causes,” Arredondo said.

After a abbreviated pursuit connected foot, the 69-year-old suspect, Seung Han Ho, was arrested astir 4 miles (6 kilometers) distant astatine a market store, constabulary said. It was not instantly known if helium had a lawyer who could talk connected his behalf.

Police were astatine a adjacent flat analyzable wherever Ho was listed arsenic having precocious lived. Neighbors said they didn’t admit the name.

Shortly aft the shooting, officers with their guns drawn walked past doors astatine K Towne Plaza successful an country of Carrollton known arsenic Koreatown. Agents from the FBI were among instrumentality enforcement collecting grounds successful the parking lot.

Carrollton, colonisation 130,000, is 20 miles (32 kilometers) northbound of Dallas. More than 4,000 residents are of Korean descent, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

“We’re shocked,” said John Jun, who’s progressive successful the Korean American community. “We’re not immune to thing similar this happening, but we are precise mostly a peaceful assemblage that works hard.”

In the past 20 years, it has grown into a thriving Koreatown for the metro Dallas area, acknowledgment to Korean investors. It’s anchored by big-box businesses similar H Mart arsenic good arsenic dozens of restaurants serving everything from Korean fried chickenhearted to shaved crystal desserts.

The metropolis is besides location to aggregate Korean churches from Baptist to Presbyterian.

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AP reporters Terry Tang successful Phoenix, Rebecca Boone successful Boise, Idaho, Claudia Lauer successful Philadelphia and Ed White successful Detroit contributed to this story.

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