Ashton would be sort of famous, went to highschool in Buckhead and was a star athlete and all that before working as CEO of his dad's company. So if anybody would need and arms dealing in the city, any business deals, or knew him from highschool, that would be all viable things. Also, I'm sure Ashton had rich friends. I mean, rich people have to stick together right?

So Ashton may not necessarily be friends with anybody, unless somebody would want to be, but he might at least know people or recognize them from social interactions.