King of the Hill voice actor Jonathan Joss has died aged 59 after a shooting in Texas, police have confirmed.
Joss was the voice of John Redcorn for seasons two through 13 of the popular animated series. He had reportedly recorded bits for the show’s reboot, which recently began production for Hulu and is slated to premiere in August.
The actor was reportedly shot multiple times over the weekend after a disagreement with a neighbor, according to TMZ. San Antonio police responded to a home after reports of shots fired and found Joss near the road with gunshot wounds, according to Variety.
He was pronounced dead at the scene.
I really despise the usage of ‘Argument’ here in the title. It does not do the situation justice. As far as i’m aware this wasn’t an Argument. it was entirely one sided. The perpetrator just walked up and started being homophobic before shooting him. It was a murder and to call it anything less is just being dishonest.
This was after someone set his house on fire, which killed his 3 dogs. And then someone took one of the skulls and a leash and set it up where they’d be seen. So when Joss and his husband came back and were mourning, THEN his neighbor came out and started shouting slurs at them while waiving a fun around.
But no this was an argument between two equally at fault rational people. Definitely not a homophobic hate crime on the first day of pride month.
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From what I can tell, this region is notorious for gangstalking, especially against gay men. Many of these reports could likely be falsified to justify the idea of killing him.
I don’t see any inconsistency about the fire if the article itself says that the cause is under investigation. Joss believed it’s possible he made a mistake, but it seems more likely to be caused by the same people that threatened arson, and possibly the same people that murdered him.
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Thank you for this write up. I had been trying to put this into words for the past couple of days myself.
Additionally, Jonathan had shown up at a king of the hill panel he wasn’t part of and tried to speak, then was setting up a shoe shine booth outside of the venue? While in Austin he also did a podcast in which he was clearly inebriated and then was asking for rides home on Facebook.
While none of this excuses someone murdering him in any way, all of these things together definitely give me pause and lead me to not necessarily taking the husbands post at face value. I have addicts in my family and it just seems too familiar.
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you should probably grow up
No thanks.
deftly avoiding the point
So why mention smollett, then?
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Oh damn, im so owned. You owned me so bad.
Title is a lie. He was shot for crying over his dead dogs skull being placed near the mailbox of the recently burned down home they moved out of and shot by one of the homophobes who threatned to burn down said house who was also screaming slurs at him, while pushing his husband out of the path of the gun, saving his life. This was ALL preventable but the police force there allowed it to happen despite multiple years of reports.
I feel bad for any progressives living in conservative neighborhoods (street city or state)
I feel bad for any progressives living in conservative neighborhoods (street city or state)
The entire country is either right wing or insane far right wing… where else are people supposed to go to live in peace from these insane fascist freaks?
If I lived in America and was LGBTQ I’d be buying a gun right now, and this comes from someone who has always been anti-gun
If i lived in america i’d sell my gun to get out of that shithole as soon as possible.
Almost everyone I know is broke. No country takes broke people. I could leave any day if I’m only willing to abandon everyone who cares about me
This is by design, too. Disenfranchise the minority and then keep pretending society is meritocratic and then “if they really wanted to survive or escape they would have made more money.”
You overestimate how much guns cost here. You’re not even renting a U-Haul with that.
I mean I agree with the first part of your statement. He is greatly overestimating the cost of a gun. But a decent piece will cost you 300-500 bucks. Uhauls are 70 bucks a day?
This is what my LGBTQ neighbors are actually doing.
I’m staying, not because I want to - but because I have a lot of friends and family who can’t afford to, and if push comes to shove, my savings are going towards helping them get out too.
That’s what I’m telling all my LGBTQ friends in the US who are not at risk of suicide. You can’t afford to be neutral in an arms race, especially when the enforcers of possible gun bans are all buddies with the people that shouldn’t have guns.
A gun doesn’t save you if you don’t know they have one until they shoot first.
At this point it’s safe to assume every homophobe is armed and react accordingly.
The homophobe was coming right for us. I feared for my life. It was self defense.
But then they’ll just make defending yourself against armed violent and threatening homophobes a hate crime.
Frankly I don’t think it would matter at that point since they’ll hate us for no reason no matter how well we behave. Altho, I may or may not have been a little too angry when I made that comment, because after all guns aren’t the only means of defense and I don’t think I want people to have the guilt of killing someone over them, even if it was in self-defense.
I bet you a million dollars the murderer believes himself a good Christian.
No one is going to bet against you. Those are negative odds.
This was ALL preventable but the police force there allowed it to happen despite multiple years of reports.
He was shot for crying over his dead dogs skull being placed near the mailbox of the recently burned down home they moved out of and shot by one of the homophobes
Seriously… fuck the US, fuck that country, fuck it.
I hate that I’m going to be visiting the US for an MRI soon (I didn’t want to wait up to 9+ months, sadly). It’s only 20 minutes away from the border but it’s still too far into USA. Damn it all.
Giving some attention to some sources that worded it better
‘King Of The Hill’ Star Shot Dead In Homophobic Attack, Partner Says
https://patch.com/california/los-angeles/king-kill-star-shot-dead-homophobic-attack-partner-says‘King of the Hill’ Actor Killed
Husband Claims Homophobia Fueled Shooting Murder
https://www.tmz.com/2025/06/02/jonathan-joss-husband-tristan-kern-de-gonzales-shooting-statement/Husband of slain ‘King of the Hill’ actor Jonathan Joss says neighbor was homophobic
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/06/02/jonathan-joss-king-of-the-hill-shot-killed-neighbor/“He was murdered by someone who could not stand the sight of two men living each other,” Gonzales wrote in a Facebook post. “I was with him when he passed. I told him how much he was loved.”
God damn :(
That’s a weird spelling of “hate-crime”.
It’s not a hate crime if he’s just beefing with his neighbor.
If his neighbor shot him just for being native and no other reason then it would be a hate crime.
Having said that his neighbor really hated him.
He was openly gay. His home had been burned down. His pet had been killed and put on display. Pretty easy to hop over to hate crime with that info.
They did that to him?!
Did you even read the story?
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If the house did not have power, do you think the neighbors would notice that their house was never lit up at night?
If you think they noticed, how difficult would it be for someone to go in, turn on the propane and leave?
Joss said he left the house to go eat earlier on Thursday and thought he had turned everything off. He said he had been using a propane heater in the home for warmth. “Mistakes happen, man. And it’s my fault for, I guess, leaving something on,” Joss said. “Or if somebody came in and did something, who knows?”
He didn’t say he was the one who did it. He said it basically doesn’t matter because his dogs were dead, and that’s really what he cared about.
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You are calling people out about assumptions, and saying Joss was “acting erratically” and I would like to point out that you don’t know that his “erratic” behaviour wasn’t in response to anything, nor who may have incited him to act that way.
Just because he didn’t point the finger at someone for one crime or another, doesn’t mean he did it either. He may have been covering for someone to either save face or avoid escalation.
I’m not saying I know either, and that’s my point. You see some reports and news stories and you’ve drawn conclusions and made assumptions based on that without really knowing if any of the assumptions you made are correct.
The only person who really knew is dead now, at the hands of someone who clearly had issues getting along with him.
This argument is stupid. They might not know but neither do you.
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The wiki article on his death says that the San Antonio PD is saying that there was no evidence of hate crime up to that point, but if this was ongoing for literal years over 300+ incidents, i find that hard to believe. They need an outside-led investigation into that county PD.
Is it sad that my first suspicion is that it simply doesn’t meet the local legal definition of a hate crime because the laws are probably written to protect white people only?
Actually that was one of the few wins in the civil rights movement. But there are always forces who will use it against us.
You still need a PD willing to gather, keep secure and submit evidence that portrays it as a hate crime. The detectives and LEO’s involved may be hiding statements, motives, physical evidence, etc, by simply not recording it as such.
Too bad there had to be an argument or disagreement…
…about whether the victim(s) crying over their dead dog in front of their burned down house deserved to live?
I wonder what the chances are that the fire, the dog skull, and the murder were all the same shithead.
I wonder what the chances are that the fire, the dog skull, and the murder were all the same shithead.
Very high. And he’s probably buddies with the homophobic cops who dismissed years of reports of the threats to do those three things. And the same cops who have already “determined” that there was no hate crime.
Although I don’t think those cops have realized yet that he was on other popular shows like Parks and Rec as well. And famous people are speaking out. Meaning there will be a lot more scrutiny and they can’t just shrug and sweep it under the rug this time.
Some of those who burn crosses, hold office.
I hate this stupid fucking bigoted ass country.
And some of those who burn crosses, are the same that work forces.
Joss was a gay native man. Hell I could stop at native and the cops would already be looking to do anything other than help.
I’m now seeing firsthand why folks across the pond keep making snarky comments about The Independent being a Tory tag…
A homophobia-fueled pre-meditated murder is not simply a “disagreement.”
For those that are wondering, he voiced John Redcorn.
A homophobia-fueled pre-meditated murder is not simply a “disagreement.”
All amerikkkan media is owned by the fascists/bigots/rascists/kkk/oligarchs
The Independent is from Britain
But I agree the headline is weak
I got a three day ban on Reddit after saying something about ‘human blenderizing’ the dude who did this.
It’s not even a real word, nor even an actual real object. I fucking hate Reddit. I wish Lemmy had more traffic.
RIP 🪦 We will miss you.
This post has ~800 upvotes and ~150 comments. Lemme is doing great. It would be nice if the smaller communities were bigger, but there was a point on Reddit probably around 2015ish where it became too many people. I am enjoying this way more. Making a comment doesn’t feel like shouting into a crowd of shouting people the way that Reddit does. There is actual conversation.
It’s doing “great” but there is a massive gap in diversity and breadth of topics/subs here unfortunately. Obviously it gets better over time in theory but right now the majority of content exists over there… sadly.
Feeling this now in full force.
Finally received my permanent ban from Reddit. I have still been using Lemmy for a while now but, unfortunately, only once a week (main account is slrpnk but that instance is down right now so on the alt) cause the amount of content is easily gone through unless I just want to browse All, which majority is stuff there is topics I couldn’t care less about, and the engagement is incredibly slim compared to the political and current events posts.
It’s rough cause a lot of the communities I interacted with just do not exist on the fediverse.
Lemmy has plenty. It needs some polish but I’ve never looked back after the day I got rid of Reddit.
Just for suggesting someone make a 3d model? Harsh
Reddit indeed is pure shit.
You read the part about the dog’s skull, and well, you hope that the blenderizing happens slowly.
Guess how they make pet food? Industrial blenders you can toss a horse into.
Next time try frog in a blender.
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argument? the dude was being threated for MONTHS.
His death was so brutal. I hope people in San Antonio schedule a pride march in the voice actors neighborhood.
Also, I really think there should be a neighborhood watch or civilian guard force where lgtbq populace can ask for help or support when they’re being harassed. Like a civilian neighborhood watch app.
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There was no argument, he was crying at the display of his dogs skull the murderer made before he pulled up and shot him in cold blood.
Not to mention instigated for years and gangstalked from the sound of it until he mentally broke down. Something beyond jail deserves to happen to the people responsible.
If someone burned down that racists home. I would donate to their court case if they were caught.
Maybe go for the whole neighborhood, sounds like it was a group effort.
How do you know he was racist?
Because he was known to verbally assault the gay couple with slurs.
How does that make him racist?
So you think he’s merely homophobic and not racist?
Now that we know that the killer is Sigfredo Cejo Alvarez I suppose we can ask him. We all know how much Hispanics hate American Indians.
lol yeah? Should be obvious to anyone who’s glanced at a history book. There was this whole European conquest and genocide thing. You’ve never heard of Hernan Cortez or Geronimo?
Are you saying this Hispanic dude in the San Antonio suburbs is a 16th century Conquistador living in a community of people he hates?
It’s present premeditated actions. From threatening to burn someone’s home down to previous altercations. You don’t get a flood from a few rain drops. A storm comes first before the disaster.
E.g. you don’t know and are just spouting nonsense
The attacker could be American Indian as well for all you know
The information is in article moron.
moron
Okay where does it say the killer was racist? That should be easy for a smart guy like you.
Because someone on the internet is asking why/how a racist thing is racist. That’s a clear indication of racists.
So Sigfredo Cejo Alvarez is racist?
Yes. And homophobic, ignorant, terrorist, piece of shit, bigot, MAGA, murderer, etc.
Against who and how do you know?
Against his victims
What races is he racist against? How do you know he was racist against his victims and not just a homophobe?
Texas is now Iran.
🌍🧑🚀🔫🧑🚀
at least Iran was a modern and civil place before US meddling. don’t know if there was ever a time to say the same for Texas.
Yup. Texas, OTOH, seceded from Mexico because Mexico outlawed slavery and Texas had a problem with that, and the US was like, “Come on in, brother.”
It’s funny how they never tell you why Texas declared independence in school…
I didn’t know that!
Yeah, I didn’t either until recently. Like I said, they don’t like to tell you why Texas seceded from Mexico in school. They just like to tell you how heroic the battle of the Alamo was.
By the time you’re old enough to ask “why,” they’ve subjected you to enough propaganda to ensure it doesn’t even occur to you to do so.
Dam dog that one hits hard. Iran WAS better at some point. Wtf Texas.
Texas is a dumpster fire with barbecue.
Open pit is not barbecue.
What are we, a bunch of ASIANS?!
Weak ass title for a planned murder, hate crime, with animal cruelty.
Live in the area and currently in the process of getting out due to things like this. Wouldn’t be shocked at all if Abbott pardoned the killer.
Pardoned? That would imply a persecution first. I highly doubt probation will even be doled out.
How FUCKED UP in the head do you have to be to do something like this.
What the actual FUCK.
