A prominent local businessman appointed to the Texas Facilities Commission by the state’s high-profile Governor Greg Abbott was shot dead in McAllen in the Rio Grande Valley over the weekend, according to law enforcement.
Eddy Betancourt, 61, who lived in Mission, was found by police officers responding to a 911 call lying unresponsive on the floor of a property on the 800 block of North Ware Road in the border city on Saturday afternoon.
