Earlier at the moment, it was reported that Jonathan Joss, the voice actor identified for his position in King of the Hill, was tragically shot and killed on Sunday following a dispute along with his neighbor. Now, Joss’ husband, Tristan Kern de Gonzales, has issued an announcement revealing that the incident was, the truth is, a hate crime:
My husband Jonathan Joss and I had been concerned in a taking pictures whereas checking the mail on the web site of our former house. That house was burned down after over two years of threats from folks within the space who repeatedly advised us they’d set it on hearth. We reported these threats to legislation enforcement a number of occasions 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.
After we returned to the location to test our mail we found the cranium of one among our canines 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 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 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 had been newlyweds. We picked Valentines Day. We had been within the strategy 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 strains 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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