Jonathan Joss‘ husband, Tristan Kern de Gonzales, claims that the King of the Hill actor was the sufferer of a homophobic assault. Joss died on the age of 59 after he was fatally shot on Sunday, June 1, in San Antonio, Texas.
“Assertion from Tristan Kern de Gonzales, Husband of Jonathan Joss. My husband Jonathan Joss and I have been concerned in a capturing whereas checking the mail on the website of our former dwelling. That dwelling was burned down after over two years of threats from folks within the space who repeatedly instructed us they’d set it on hearth. We reported these threats to legislation enforcement a number of instances and nothing was finished,” he wrote on Joss’ Fb web page.
“All through that point we have been harassed frequently by people who made it clear they didn’t settle for our relationship. A lot of the harassment was brazenly homophobic. Once we returned to the positioning to verify our mail we found the cranium of one among our canine and its harness positioned in clear view. This brought about each of us extreme emotional misery. We started yelling and crying in response to the ache of what we noticed. Whereas we have 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 have been grieving. We have been standing facet by facet. When the person fired Jonathan pushed me out of the way in which. He saved my life. Jonathan is my husband. He gave me extra love in our time collectively than most individuals ever get. We have been newlyweds. We picked Valentines’ Day. We have been within the means of searching for a trailer and planning our future. He was murdered by somebody who couldn’t stand the sight of two males loving one another,” he wrote.
“I used to be with him when he handed. I instructed him how a lot he was liked. To everybody who supported him, his followers, his buddies, know that he valued you deeply. He noticed you as household. My focus now’s on defending Jonathan’s legacy and honoring the life we constructed collectively. In case your concern is how somebody coped with trauma or how loudly they communicate when recounting injustice and being ignored by authorities then you definately by no means really cared about my husband. Jonathan saved my life. I’ll carry that ahead. I’ll defend what he constructed.
– Tristan Kern de Gonzales.”
Kern de Gonzales and Joss obtained married on February 14, 2025.
A neighbor, Sigfredo Alvarez Ceja, was a suspect within the capturing and was arrested shortly after, based on The New York Submit. Medics tried life-saving measures on Joss, however he was pronounced useless on the scene. The investigation into his demise continues to be ongoing.
Joss was recognized for taking part in Ken Hotate on Parks and Recreation and voicing John Redcorn on King of the Hill on Seasons 2 to 13. He additionally recorded strains for the upcoming Hulu revival, which is about to premiere on August 4. Joss had taken over the function of John Redcorn from the unique voice star Victor Aaron, who had died in 1996.
Amongst Joss’s different tv roles have been elements in Ray Donovan, Friday Evening Lights, Tulsa King, ER, Charmed, Walker, Texas Ranger, In Plain Sight, and The League. His movie credit embody The Magnificent Seven and True Grit amongst others.