By ADAM S. LEVY FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

Published: 23:08 BST, 2 June 2025 | Updated: 23:08 BST, 2 June 2025

The husband of the King of the Hill voice actor fatally shot in south San Antonio Sunday claims the attack was a homophobia-fueled hate crime. 

Tristan Kern de Gonzales, who identified himself as the husband of slain Kill of the Hill star Jonathan Joss, 59, said the shooting that claimed his spouse’s life was carried out as part of a hate-fueled attack.

In a statement posted on Joss’ Facebook page, Tristan Kern de Gonzales provided background details on the incident, and others that had preceded it.

‘My husband Jonathan Joss and I were involved in a shooting while checking the mail at the site of our former home,’ Kern de Gonzales wrote. ‘That home was burned down after over two years of threats from people in the area who repeatedly told us they would set it on fire.

Kern de Gonzales said he and Joss ‘reported these threats to law enforcement multiple times and nothing was done’ despite ongoing harassment from ‘openly homophobic’ residents in the area ‘who made it clear they did not accept our relationship.’

Police in Texas Monday told the AP that they found Joss injured near the street when they arrived to perform life-saving measures on Sunday evening around 7:00 PM.

The husband of the King of the Hill voice actor who died after he was fatally shot in San Antonio Saturday claims the attack was a homophobia fueled hate crime

The husband of the King of the Hill voice actor who died after he was fatally shot in San Antonio Saturday claims the attack was a homophobia fueled hate crime 

A man named Sigfredo Ceja Alvarez was booked in connection with suspicion of murder, the Bexar County Sheriff's Office said

A man named Sigfredo Ceja Alvarez was booked in connection with suspicion of murder, the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office said 

In a statement, authorities with the San Antonio Police Department said that ‘the officers attempted life saving measures until EMS arrived’ and ‘pronounced the victim deceased.’

De Gonzales told the AP that he and the voice actor had went this past February in Valentine’s Day;  and that his husband had been ‘murdered’ in the attack Sunday night.

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Husband of slain Kill of the Hill star claims killing was homophobia-fueled murder

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