The husband of the King of the Hill voice actor fatally shot in south San Antonio Sunday claims the attack was a homophobia-fueled hate crime.
Tristan Kern de Gonzales, who identified himself as the husband of slain King of the Hill star Jonathan Joss, 59, said the shooting that claimed his spouse’s life was carried out as part of a hate-fueled attack.
In a statement posted on Joss’ Facebook page, Tristan Kern de Gonzales provided background details on the incident, and others that had preceded it.
‘My husband Jonathan Joss and I were involved in a shooting while checking the mail at the site of our former home,’ Kern de Gonzales wrote. ‘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.
De Gonzales said he and Joss ‘reported these threats to law enforcement multiple times and nothing was done’ despite ongoing harassment from ‘openly homophobic’ residents in the area ‘who made it clear they did not accept our relationship.’
Police in Texas Monday told the AP that they found Joss injured near the street when they arrived to perform life-saving measures on Sunday evening around 7:00 PM.
The husband of the King of the Hill voice actor who died after he was fatally shot in San Antonio Saturday claims the attack was a homophobia fueled hate crime
A man named Sigfredo Ceja Alvarez was booked in connection with suspicion of murder, the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office said
In a statement, authorities with the San Antonio Police Department said that ‘the officers attempted life saving measures until EMS arrived’ and ‘pronounced the victim deceased.’
Speaking to the AP, de Gonzales said he and the voice actor had wed this past February on Valentine’s Day; and that his husband had been ‘murdered’ in the attack Sunday night.
In the social media statement, de Gonzales said that he and his husband had moved from the home, and when they returned to get their mail, they ‘discovered the skull of one of our dogs and its harness placed in clear view.’
He added: ‘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.’
Police in Texas Monday told the AP that they found Joss critically-injured near the street when they arrived to perform life-saving measures on Sunday evening around 7:00 p.m.
A man named Sigfredo Ceja Alvarez was booked in connection with suspicion of murder, the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office said.
In the comprehensive post, de Gonzales said that he and his spouse had been grieving the loss of their beloved pet when the violence was inflicted upon them.
‘Jonathan and I had no weapons,’ de Gonzales wrote. ‘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.’
