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That is so, so heartbreaking to listen to.
Jonathan Joss, a beloved actor who starred in reveals like King of the Hill and Parks and Recreation, has sadly been killed… allegedly because of homophobia!
Joss is finest identified for his iconic roles as Indigenous characters, having been a descendant of the Comanche and White Mountain Apache peoples IRL. He notably voiced John Redcorn in seasons 2-13 of King of the Hill. It’s unclear if he had returned to the function for the upcoming revival sequence. Joss additionally notable appeared as Chief Ken Hotate in Parks and Recreation. His different TV credit embrace Walker, Texas Ranger, ER, Charmed, and Friday Evening Lights. He additionally acted in a number of iconic movies, together with the Oscar-winning western True Grit again in 2010.
He was simply 59 years outdated. So unhappy. However get able to go from simply being unhappy to being very, very offended.
In response to the San Antonio Police Division, officers responded to a reported capturing close to Dorsey Drive round 7 p.m. on Sunday. After they arrived, they discovered a person mendacity on the street with deadly gunshot wounds, a sufferer they later recognized as Joss. Witnesses advised TMZ the actor had been in a heated argument together with his neighbor Sigfredo Ceja Alvarez once they heard gunshots ring out. Alvarez fled the scene in a automotive, however was later caught by regulation enforcement only a block away. He was booked with homicide costs following the incident.
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Whereas the official accounts haven’t defined the dispute between the neighbors, Joss’ husband Tristan Kern de Gonzales has now launched an announcement — and it’s SHOCKING!
In response to Tristan, the feud between the neighbors was fueled by Alvarez’s hatred! He shared to Fb:
“My husband Jonathan Joss and I had been concerned in a capturing whereas checking the mail on the web site of our former residence. That residence was burned down after over two years of threats from individuals within the space who repeatedly advised us they’d set it on fireplace. We reported these threats to regulation enforcement a number of instances and nothing was executed.”
Whoa! We noticed the headlines again in January when Jonathan tragically misplaced his childhood residence in a fireplace. He broke down crying in an area information station’s interview speaking about the home his father had constructed. On the time, he additionally advised KSAT he misplaced his canine, too — it was devastating:
“It is a home I grew up in. I’m extra involved about my canine that died, however what? The nice Lord will shield us.”
Simply completely gut-wrenching.
And now Tristan is suggesting that fireside was attributable to neighbors?? Is that what he’s saying?? He goes on to say it was all homophobia:
“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 brazenly homophobic. After we returned to the positioning to verify our mail we found the cranium of certainly one of our canines and its harness positioned in clear view. This triggered each of us extreme emotional misery. We started yelling and crying in response to the ache of what we noticed.”
“Place in clear view”? As in… Positioned by a neighbor to taunt them? That’s sick.
It was once they had been screaming, Tristan claims, that they had been attacked. Not a combat — he says it was an unprovoked assault:
“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 facet by facet. When the person fired Jonathan pushed me out of the best way. He saved my life.”
He then claimed powerfully:
“He was murdered by somebody who couldn’t stand the sight of two males loving one another.”
Pricey lord. That’s heartbreaking.
Tristan went on to mourn their short-lived romance:
“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 means of on the lookout for a trailer and planning our future… I used to be with him when he handed. I advised him how a lot he was beloved.”
Learn his full assertion (beneath):
If this actually was a homophobic assault, we’re simply speechless. We’re so deeply wounded in our souls pondering that we reside in a time the place that is nonetheless occurring…
Our ideas are with Jonathan’s household and family members. He was a real expertise that might be drastically missed.
To be taught extra about how one can assist the LGBTQ+ group, try https://www.glaad.org/. To be taught extra concerning the impression of gun violence, go to https://www.apha.org/topics-and-issues/gun-violence.
[Image via Parks and Recreation/King of the Hill/YouTube]
