A failed investment and a rent fight are at the center of a case that left two men dead.
CARROLLTON, Texas — What police describe as a $75,000 business dispute became a double-homicide case after a Carrollton restaurant owner allegedly shot five people in two places and his wife later was accused of helping him.
The money trail is now a central part of the criminal case against Seung Ho Han and Ae Son Han. Investigators said Seung Ho Han believed he had lost $70,000 in a Georgia property deal involving Edward Schleigh and another $5,000 tied to a second person. He also blamed others for a rent increase at his sushi restaurant in K Towne Plaza, a Korean business center along State Highway 121.
Before the shootings, Seung Ho Han’s grievances appear to have been tied to business relationships, not strangers. Police said he knew the victims and later told investigators he was angry about financial disagreements. The first shooting took place at Gwangjang Korean Market, where four people were shot and Sung Rae Cho was killed. The second took place at an apartment in the 2700 block of Denton Road, where Schleigh was found dead. Three people wounded in the first attack survived. Investigators said Han admitted after his arrest that he shot all five people.
Ae Son Han’s arrest brought new focus to what happened between the two crime scenes. Police said she was not merely nearby. According to an arrest affidavit, she was present during the offenses and helped her husband carry out the second homicide. Detectives said dashcam video showed Seung Ho Han asking her to call Schleigh and find out whether he was home. That alleged call became a key piece of the murder accusation against her. Police said she was later found in Minnesota and taken into custody with help from the U.S. Marshals Service.
The affidavit also describes a confrontation inside the market after the first shots were fired. A surviving victim told investigators she asked Ae Son Han to call 911. Police said Han instead asked, “Why aren’t you dead yet?” and told the wounded woman she should have been the first person killed. The account, if proven in court, would show that Ae Son Han knew people had been shot before she left the plaza. Detectives said she later admitted knowing her husband had killed people that day, but then refused to cooperate further with investigators.
Seung Ho Han, 69, is charged with two counts of capital murder and three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Ae Son Han, 67, is charged with murder. Police have said Seung Ho Han owned a sushi restaurant at the plaza, which includes several Korean-owned businesses and eateries. Court records described in news accounts say he believed the property deal had failed and that he was losing his money. The records also say he was upset that one person connected to the surviving victims had increased the rent at his restaurant by $2,000.
The sequence of movement after the first shooting has become as important as the motive. Investigators said the couple left the market and drove to the apartment where Schleigh was killed about an hour after police first responded to the plaza. The affidavit says the wife’s alleged call helped confirm whether Schleigh was home. After the second shooting, police said, the couple went through a McDonald’s drive-thru and ordered drinks. That detail has drawn attention because it sits between the violence described in the affidavit and the later arrest of the husband near a grocery store.
Police said Seung Ho Han was arrested near the H-Mart area after a short foot chase. Detectives said he later confessed to the shootings and described his anger over the failed business dealings. Investigators have not said publicly that his claims about the money were accurate, only that they were part of his statement to police. They also have not released a full account of every business document reviewed in the case. Officials have described the investigation as using interviews, surveillance, dashcam material, phone evidence and other digital records to follow the couple’s actions that day.
The case is unfolding in a Carrollton area often called Koreatown, where grocery stores, restaurants and other businesses serve a large Korean American community. The first police response brought emergency crews to a commercial plaza that normally operates as a daily shopping and dining hub. Police Chief Roberto Arredondo said early in the investigation that the attack was targeted and was not a random shooting. That distinction shaped the public response because the violence appeared tied to private business disputes rather than a broader threat to the area.
Several facts remain unsettled in public records. Authorities have not released the full statements of the surviving victims. They have not said whether Ae Son Han will face additional charges. It also remains unclear from the reported filings whether she had retained an attorney after being arrested in Minnesota. Prosecutors will have to prove more than presence at the scenes to convict her of murder. The affidavit suggests they will focus on her alleged knowledge, her alleged words to the wounded victim and the call police say helped her husband find Schleigh.
Ae Son Han’s return to Texas is the next procedural step in her case. Seung Ho Han remains charged in the deaths of Cho and Schleigh and in the shootings that injured three others, with investigators continuing to build the record around the business dispute and the couple’s movements.
Author note: Last updated June 19, 2026.