A man accused of shooting three Korean women last week at a Dallas hair salon was paranoid that the “Asian mob” was after him and had been fired from his job for “verbally attacking” his Asian boss, his girlfriend reportedly told investigators.
, describing Smith as having “delusions” about being harmed by members of the Asian community. He was in a car accident with an Asian man two years ago, and “has had near panic attacks when he is around anyone of Asian descent,” his girlfriend told investigators.
Smith had been employed at an Ulta Beauty distribution warehouse in an industrial section of Dallas, and was let go after an altercation with his supervisor, who was Asian, the affidavit stated. Things got so bad that Smith was admitted to “several mental health facilities” in recent months and years, according to the affidavit. The filing says Smith shot his alleged victims with a .22-caliber rifle, firing some 13 times in all. He was seen on surveillance video running back to a burgundy minivan after the shooting, carrying an assault rifle. A witness who spotted the vehicle’s temporary tag gave cops a partial plate number, saying it began with the number “47” and had a “98” in it somewhere, as well, the affidavit states. Investigators soon matched the digits with an identical-looking Honda Odyssey parked in the driveway of Smith’s girlfriend’s home. The Odyssey was parked next to a 2013 Lexus, which Smith had previously damaged in an alleged criminal mischief case, according to the affidavit. Police on Monday tracked Smith down in the Dallas suburb of DeSoto, and took him into custody. In an interview at police headquarters, Smith confessed that the burgundy minivan belonged to him, the affidavit states. When cops asked him about the most recent shooting, Smith confessed that he had been in the area at the time but claimed he was simply looking to buy a pane of replacement glass for his garage door, according to the affidavit. He also reportedly told police that he owns two guns, a .380-caliber handgun and a .22-caliber rifle. A search of Smith’s minivan turned up a .380, a magazine containing four rounds, and a box of Winchester .380 ammunition.that the gunman—who at that time had not yet been identified—was not someone her mom recognized and had been cool and collected during the attack. “He was calm,” Jane Bae said. He just walked up to it and then stood there—didn’t walk around—but stood there and shot like 20 shots and then just calmly went out.”
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