“King Of The Hill” Actor Shot And Killed By TX Neighbor, His Husband Says Shooting Was Anti-Gay Hate Crime

NBC News reports:

Jonathan Joss, the voice actor best known as John Redcorn from “King of the Hill,” was killed in a San Antonio shooting on Sunday, police said. A suspect, 56-year-old Sigfredo Alvarez Ceja, was taken into custody and booked on a murder charge, the San Antonio Police Department said.

Officers were dispatched to Dorsey Drive around 7 p.m. Sunday for a shooting and arrived to find the actor, whose legal name is Jonathan Joss Gonzales, near the roadway after he was shot, police said.

Authorities attempted life-saving measures until EMS arrived and pronounced Joss, 59, dead. Joss was the voice of John Redcorn in the Fox animated series from seasons 2 through 13. John Redcorn was a “New Age healer” and masseur, who was always addressed by his full name or “Mr. Redcorn.”

The Guardian reports:

The shooter, 56-year-old Sigfredo Alvarez Ceja, has been detained and TMZ is reporting that it was the result of “a heated argument” with a neighbour. In a statement posted on Facebook, Joss’s husband Tristan Kern de Gonzales wrote that he was “murdered by someone who could not stand the sight of two men loving each other”. He added: “Jonathan is my husband. He gave me more love in our time together than most people ever get. I was with him when he passed. I told him how much he was loved.”

Joss’s early career included an appearance in Walker, Texas Ranger before he landed the role of John Redcorn in Mike Judge and Greg Daniels’ hit animated comedy King of the Hill. Other television roles included ER, Charmed, Friday Night Lights, Ray Donovan and a five-episode stint on Parks and Recreation. On the big screen, he was also seen in True Grit, The Magnificent Seven and The Forever Purge.

Variety has more of the husband’s post:

“My husband Jonathan Joss and I were involved in a shooting while checking the mail at the site of our former home. That home was burned down after over two years of threats from people in the area who repeatedly told us they would set it on fire. We reported these threats to law enforcement multiple times and nothing was done,” de Gonzales wrote. “Throughout that time we were harassed regularly by individuals who made it clear they did not accept our relationship.

“Much of the harassment was openly homophobic. When we returned to the site to check our mail we discovered the skull of one of our dogs and its harness placed in clear view. This caused both of us severe emotional distress. We began yelling and crying in response to the pain of what we saw.

While we were doing this a man approached us. He started yelling violent homophobic slurs at us. He then raised a gun from his lap and fired. Jonathan and I had no weapons. We were not threatening anyone. We were grieving. We were standing side by side. When the man fired Jonathan pushed me out of the way. He saved my life.”

Police have not yet confirmed any motive.

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Jonathan Joss, the voice of John Redcorn in ‘King of The Hill’ has sadly passed away at the age of 59 after being fatally shot by his neighbor, TMZ reports. pic.twitter.com/bKiUYpCcxI

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