Actor Jonathan Joss was shot during an altercation with his neighbor Sigfredo Ceja Alvarez on Sunday (June 1). Jonathan Joss was found dead at the scene.
The incident occurred around 7 p.m. in San Antonio, Texas, when Joss got into an argument with Alvarez. Police have not yet disclosed the motive behind the conflict.
According to Variety, San Antonio authorities were called to respond to a shooting. They found Jonathan Joss dead after he had been shot multiple times.
Alvarez was taken into custody shortly after the incident and has since been charged with murder, according to a statement from the San Antonio Police Department on Monday (June 2).
Joss’s husband, Tristan Kern de Gonzales, detailed the event on his Facebook profile.
“Jonathan and I were unarmed. We weren’t 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,” he wrote.
Kern de Gonzales stated that the shooter shouted “homophobic slurs” at him and his husband. “Then he lifted a gun from his lap and fired.”
The San Antonio Police Department said they found no evidence that the actor’s murder was related to a hate crime.
Jonathan Joss became famous for his role in the animated series “King of the Hill” and in hit productions like “Tulsa King” and “Parks and Recreation.”
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