Jonathan Joss, the voice actor greatest often known as John Redcorn from “King of the Hill,” was killed in a San Antonio taking pictures on Sunday, police mentioned.
A suspect, 56-year-old Sigfredo Alvarez Ceja, was taken into custody and booked on a homicide cost, the San Antonio Police Division mentioned.
Officers have been dispatched to Dorsey Drive round 7 p.m. Sunday for a taking pictures and arrived to search out the actor, whose authorized title is Jonathan Joss Gonzales, close to the roadway after he was shot, police mentioned.
Authorities tried life-saving measures till EMS arrived and pronounced Joss, 59, lifeless.
Police haven’t launched another data on the taking pictures, together with a motive, however mentioned Monday afternoon the murder unit of the San Antonio Police Division is investigating Joss’ demise.
“Regardless of on-line claims of this being a hate crime, at present the investigation has discovered no proof to point that … Mr. Joss’s homicide was associated to his sexual orientation,” SAPD said on X.
However Joss’ husband, Tristan Kern de Gonzales, alleged in a social media post that Joss was killed in a homophobic assault on the web site of their outdated dwelling.
Whereas dwelling there, Kern de Gonzales mentioned, the couple was “harassed usually by people who made it clear they didn’t settle for our relationship,” including that “a lot of the harassment was brazenly homophobic.”
He mentioned the couple was on the home, checking the mail, once they seen the cranium of their canine and the canine’s harness positioned out entrance, inflicting them to start “yelling and crying.”
A person approached them and yelled slurs at them, Kern de Gonzales mentioned. The person then fired on the couple, he wrote.
“Jonathan and I had no weapons. We weren’t threatening anybody. We have been grieving. We have been standing aspect by aspect. When the person, fired Jonathan pushed me out of the way in which. He saved my life,” Kern de Gonzales mentioned within the social media submit.
Joss was the voice of John Redcorn within the Fox animated collection from seasons 2 by means of 13. John Redcorn was a “New Age healer” and masseur, who was all the time addressed by his full title or “Mr. Redcorn.”
A brand new season of “King of the Hill” revival is ready to debut on Hulu in August. In a credit score sequence shared Friday, John Redcorn is seen driving by in his basic tan Jeep.
Joss additionally performed Ken Hotate in “Parks and Recreation” and had roles in “Tulsa King” and the 2016 remake of “The Magnificent Seven.”
His most up-to-date performing credit score was in 2023 for voicing a personality within the “Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty” online game.
Joss’ household dwelling in San Antonio was destroyed in a fireplace in January. An internet fundraiser said three of his canine had been killed within the fireplace and raised greater than $10,000.
Joss instructed native reporters then that he didn’t have a job.
In his assertion, Joss’ husband alleged that he had beforehand reported threats that neighbors had made about destroying the house.
Representatives and household of Joss couldn’t instantly be reached for remark.
