Earlier right now, it was reported that Jonathan Joss, the voice actor identified for his function in King of the Hill, was tragically shot and killed on Sunday following a dispute together with his neighbor. Now, Joss’ husband, Tristan Kern de Gonzales, has issued an announcement revealing that the incident was, in reality, a hate crime:
My husband Jonathan Joss and I had been concerned in a taking pictures whereas checking the mail on the website of our former dwelling. That dwelling was burned down after over two years of threats from individuals within the space who repeatedly advised us they’d set it on hearth. We reported these threats to regulation enforcement a number of instances and nothing was completed.
All through that point we had been harassed often by people who made it clear they didn’t settle for our relationship. A lot of the harassment was overtly homophobic.
Once we returned to the positioning to verify our mail we found the cranium of certainly one of our canine and its harness positioned in clear view. This induced each of us extreme emotional misery. We started yelling and crying in response to the ache of what we noticed.
Whereas we had been doing this a person approached us. He began yelling violent homophobic slurs at us. He then raised a gun from his lap and fired.
Jonathan and I had no weapons. We weren’t threatening anybody. We had been grieving. We had been standing aspect by aspect. When the person fired Jonathan pushed me out of the best way. He saved my life.
Jonathan is my husband. He gave me extra love in our time collectively than most individuals ever get. We had been newlyweds. We picked Valentines Day. We had been within the technique of on the lookout for a trailer and planning our future.
He was murdered by somebody who couldn’t stand the sight of two males loving one another.
The alleged suspect, recognized as Sigfredo Alvarez-Cega, was arrested and charged with homicide shortly after the taking pictures.
Joss voiced Redcorn on King of the Hill from seasons 2 to 13, and had recorded traces for the sequence’ upcoming revival set to air on Hulu this summer time. He additionally notably performed Chief Ken Hotate on the NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation.
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