2 Killed And 3 Injured In Shooting At Shopping Mall North Of Dallas, Police Say

CARROLLTON, Texas — A man changeable 5 group successful Texas connected Tuesday, sidesplitting two, astatine a shopping promenade northbound of Dallas, constabulary said.

Carrollton Police Chief Roberto Arredondo said it was not a random enactment of gunfire and that nan victims knew nan attacker. A fishy was arrested aft a short ft chase.

“We don’t cognize precisely what nan gathering was about, but we understand it to beryllium a business relation,” Arredondo said.

Video posted online showed officers pinch their guns drawn arsenic they walked past doors astatine K Towne Plaza successful an area of nan metropolis known arsenic Koreatown. Agents from nan FBI and different national agency were among rule enforcement officers astatine nan scene.

Carrollton is 20 miles northbound of Dallas.

Of Carrollton’s 130,000-plus population, complete 4,000 are of Korean descent, according to nan U.S. Census American Community Survey.

In nan past 20 years, a thriving Koreatown for nan metro Dallas area has grown, acknowledgment to Korean investors. It’s anchored by big-box businesses specified arsenic H-Mart supermarket arsenic good arsenic dozens of Korean restaurants serving fare specified arsenic Korean fried chickenhearted and shaved crystal desserts. The metropolis is besides location to aggregate Korean churches, including Baptist and Presbyterian.

Stengle writes for nan Associated Press.