A well-known local businessman in San Fernando has been killed in a shooting at his private residence early Wednesday, in an incident law enforcement officials have linked to a confrontation with an unidentified woman. The victim, identified as Steve Ghany Jr., played an active role in his family’s multi-faceted construction business, and had built a strong public reputation as a leading member of the regional jet ski enthusiast community.
Preliminary law enforcement briefings confirm that the fatal shooting unfolded around 10 a.m., amid a domestic dispute between Ghany Jr. and the woman at his home. Emergency responders pronounced Ghany Jr. dead at the scene shortly after the shooting, once his injuries proved immediately fatal.
In the hours following the incident, authorities took a woman suspected of ties to the killing into custody. She is currently cooperating with investigative teams as they work to unpack the full sequence of events that led to the shooting. Detectives have not yet released a confirmed motive for the attack, and are still working through statements and evidence to piece together exactly what transpired.
Notably, Wednesday’s killing is not the first violent attack to strike the Ghany family in recent months. Back in December 2024, Ghany Jr.’s stepmother Monica Ghany was killed in a targeted shooting that also injured his 20-year-old brother Matthew. That attack unfolded as the pair was driving along a major access road into San Fernando, a route commonly used by commuters leaving the city’s Ferry Terminal after traveling via water taxi. Investigators say the two had just left the San Fernando General Hospital minutes before the shooting, and were en route to their family home on Alexander Road when a second vehicle carrying gunmen approached from the opposite direction along the wharf road.
Gunmen inside that vehicle fired multiple rounds directly into the driver’s side windshield of the Ghany vehicle. Multiple bullets struck Monica Ghany in the upper body, and she was pronounced dead at the scene. Matthew suffered a gunshot wound to his right hand but survived the attack. The shooters fled the area at high speed immediately after the attack, and that case remains unsolved as of today.
Multiple law enforcement units have been assigned to investigate Wednesday’s fatal shooting, including detectives from the Region Three Homicide Bureau of Investigations, the Southern Division Task Force, and the San Fernando Criminal Investigations Division.