any clue what happened here?

https://www.news-journal.com/news/2016/may/31/authorities-death-not-random-shooting/

No telling. If it wasn't random, I'd bet a lovers quarrel.

Saw that, they went to church with us and were acquaintances with my parent. Mr. Horaney was always kind to me when I was in the store.

Ronnie was a good man and a friend to many in Longview. They aren't releasing much information yet on the shooter, but I doubt any lovers quarrel. I hope not anyway. He leaves 4 kids behind I believe, at least 3.

Someone said there may have been a gambling debt. Don't know the veracity of it, but they're known to gamble, so there may be something to it.

That extended family has had some rough luck the past few years.

The few I know who know or has met them say they're good folks.

Wow.

Wonder how much he owed?

quote:

---

It was a hit.


Gambling.

Do you have a link or a hunch?

---

How much do you have to owe to get killed? It seems like once your dead they're damn sure never going to collect

Rumors going around town are that it was a hit, one rumor was Lebanese mafia. I doubt they will ever find out who it was if it was a professional hit man.

quote:

---

Rumors going around town are that it was a hit, one rumor was Lebanese mafia. I doubt they will ever find out who it was if it was a professional hit man.

---

The version I heard was Syrian mafia, lol.

I did get a 2nd hand account of how it went down from a co-worker who is a good friend of an eye-witness.....

- 3 or 4 of Horaney's kids and a friend were at the house playing board games
- older model (early 2000's) gold-colored sedan pulls up and buzzes the gate repeatedly
- Horaney walks out front door (w/o pistol) to see who it is
- kids go to front door to watch
- words exchanged at the gate and Horaney says something to the effect of "don't bring this sheet to my house...
- 3 shots

Syrian makes mure sense, since I think he is Syrian. His wife's family is tied to Iranian royalty from what I understand. I also heard it was six shots and he said something like "that's what the **** you came here to complain about?". Funny how rumors work.

I could have sworn they were Lebanese but I don't remember.

I've read news reports which state he had Lebanese ancestry, and others which state he had both Lebanese and Syrian ancestry.

I'm no history expert by any means, so take this with a grain of salt, but I believe the confusion often stems from most of that general area (Lebanon, Syria, Israel, Palestine) being called Syria until the Ottoman Empire fell after a World War I. So if the family immigrated before that time, you could be known as ethnically Lebanese from the Syrian region of the Ottoman Empire.

I was sad to hear about this. They closed their Marshall store the week after the murder.

Aggiebrewer said:

---

I know lead detective. We worked together for years.

---

Well how's that working? I sent in a tip and haven't heard squat.

I see nobody brought up the fact Horaney had filed suit 5 weeks before because a body shop he paid $10K to took his money and kept his vehicle that was getting work done on (restoration work). After 2 years of waiting, he sued. The guy who was doing the work had a criminal record and history of assault.

Further the guy looked like the police sketch, jawline and all.

Serious incompetence with this investigation.

Quote:

---

Further the guy looked like the police sketch, jawline and all.

---

has that been publicly distributed?

Has there ever been any movement on this?

jickyjack1 said:

---

Has there ever been any movement on this?

---

Haven't heard a word in a while.

Update to this:

https://www.kltv.com/2024/04/24/murder-arrest-made-connection-with-2016-shooting-death-longview-businessman/

They raided the son's medical office this morning. He remarried his wife from 2016 just a few days before his father was arrested. Speculation is that it was to prevent her from being forced to testify against her husband.

One of the people on the facebook article said they had discussed this with police years ago and that the Doctor's wife wanted a divorce but was an immigrant and couldn't afford an attorney. She was friends with Ronnie's wife who begged Ronnie to pay for an attorney for her. He did and wound up dead.

Also heard that a former Texas Ranger was messing around with one of the wives shortly after the murder and that's likely why he is a "former" Texas Ranger.

Take all of this with a grain of salt as they are internet rumors. Looking forward to the true crime docuseries and podcasts.

aggieforester05 said:

---

They raided the son's medical office this morning. He remarried his wife from 2016 just a few days before his father was arrested. Speculation is that it was to prevent her from being forced to testify against her husband.

One of the people on the facebook article said they had discussed this with police years ago and that the Doctor's wife wanted a divorce but was an immigrant and couldn't afford an attorney. She was friends with Ronnie's wife who begged Ronnie to pay for an attorney for her. He did and wound up dead.

Also heard that a former Texas Ranger was messing around with one of the wives shortly after the murder and that's likely why he is a "former" Texas Ranger.

Take all of this with a grain of salt as they are internet rumors. Looking forward to the true crime docuseries and podcasts.

---

I know the former Ranger, and thats true. Horaney's widow.
The other sounds right , as the older guy said it was a family feud.
Never knew anyone with bad things to say about any of the Horaneys.

Owlagdad said:

---

aggieforester05 said:

---

They raided the son's medical office this morning. He remarried his wife from 2016 just a few days before his father was arrested. Speculation is that it was to prevent her from being forced to testify against her husband.

One of the people on the facebook article said they had discussed this with police years ago and that the Doctor's wife wanted a divorce but was an immigrant and couldn't afford an attorney. She was friends with Ronnie's wife who begged Ronnie to pay for an attorney for her. He did and wound up dead.

Also heard that a former Texas Ranger was messing around with one of the wives shortly after the murder and that's likely why he is a "former" Texas Ranger.

Take all of this with a grain of salt as they are internet rumors. Looking forward to the true crime docuseries and podcasts.

---

I know the former Ranger, and thats true. Horaney's widow.
The other sounds right , as the older guy said it was a family feud.
Never knew anyone with bad things to say about any of the Horaneys.

---

Me either, I frequented their store since I was a child and they've always been very kind.
Ronnie's murder was definitely a tragic loss for the community.