Chester Hornowski, a 71-year-old retired Chicago police officer and Illinois Army National Guard veteran, was fatally shot on December 5, 2017, at his boarding house in Mountain Home, Arkansas. Hornowski, who had served more than 30 years with the Chicago Police Department and later lived in the Ozarks, suffered multiple gunshot wounds to his hands, chest, and face after a dispute with a tenant over a noise complaint.

When officers arrived that morning they found Hornowski deceased. A man later identified as Robert Dean Penny attempted to flee the scene in a pickup, allegedly accelerated toward a deputy and crashed into a police vehicle; two deputies fired at the fleeing truck. Penny was apprehended, booked into the Baxter County Jail and charged with first-degree murder. Investigators recovered a 9 mm semi-automatic pistol at the scene believed to be the weapon used.

Does anyone have information about Hornowski’s time in Mountain Home or the boarding house that could shed light on what led to this dispute?