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.
God bless gun rights
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
And this happened less than 3 days after everyone was pumped to see him back in the King of the Hill reboot. https://youtu.be/R189-YSWvsY
Fuck the absolute psychopath that took this man’s life.
If I was Mike Judge, I’d pull the whole revival and then just re-edit all the footage into a 20-episode long tribute to Johnathan Joss.
It took me a while to connect that his death was this incident. The media portrayed two different stories.
“John redcorn voice actor dead”
“Gay man killed in argument”
I remember one time I got into a fight (that I didn’t start) and was so scared that I was ready to kill him in case they had a gun. I snapped out of it. But it still bothers me to think about.
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If someone burned down that racists home. I would donate to their court case if they were caught.
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, likely arsonist and dog killer 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?
Maybe go for the whole neighborhood, sounds like it was a group effort.
Guns are not a solution to an argument. Morons.
In the US it is, now. You can thank the Republicans and Democrats for thst., all vile self serving assholes that made the country into the hellhole that it is today
Yeah I know, I live here. I own guns. I’m just not a fucking idiot.
In the 19th century civilians could own canons which were peak military technology at the time.
Munitions stores are now stocking bullets forged from Enlightened Bothsidesism.
Right, because guns weren’t used to settle disputes in America until very recent history. /s
I’d say only one party is around to dispute that claim.
Person 1: I am going to use violence on you. Person 2: I don’t want you to use violence on me.
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.
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.
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.
I’m now seeing firsthand why folks across the pond keep making snarky comments about The Independent being a Tory tag…
Read the story and be pissed by how any news outlet phrases it in any way other than “this man was murdered in a pre-meditated manner after prolonged harassment from psychotic neighbors who previously murdered their dog”
Rorschach was right about one thing, people like this shouldn’t get to go to jail. Rabid Animals get put down.
Like, I get you want to make sure information is true, but if a direct witness to the event said, “This was hate crime as fuck,” you’d at least throw in an “allegedly” statement in there…
Absolutely an injustice in framing. Despicable.
I thought that as well, but then found that there were 60+ calls made to their home since 2023. Most of them were Joss acting erratically, usually confused and carrying weapons through the street, shooting guns on the property, yelling hysterically. There’s definitely more to this and most folks in this thread are jumping the gun.
"The shooting was the 47th call SAPD had responded to at the property to since Jan. 1, 2024, according to SAPD’s PIO. Prior police reports included accusations of Joss being an aggressor against his alleged shooter. But apart from a detainment, neither man faced serious legal consequences in the months leading to the shooting.
Joss was detained June 8, 2024, due to an active warrant for criminal mischief brought upon by complaints from Ceja. Earlier that day, Ceja called SAPD to report Joss was walking outside with a crossbow while name calling and yelling racial slurs at him. Ceja also detailed that there were repeated instances of Joss standing outside his property calling him names and telling him that “he is coming for him.”
Joss had a history with weapons, according to police reports. An SAPD information report collected at the property on July 9, 2024, stated that Joss had been reported for causing disturbances with a gun in the past and had his guns confiscated by officers. While entering Joss’ vacant home on the information report with an administrative warrant, SAPD found a crossbow with an arrow chambered, which could not be disengaged due to a malfunctioning safety. SAPD took the crossbow and placed it in a patrol car."
And you’ve got a source for those claims? Your bunghole?
Weird how none of those contain the story you copy-pasted.
It was from yet another source that I found after I listed the other three that corroborates the same things as the other 3 sources. Seriously, what is your deal? How many more sources do you want?
Same. The headline is journalistic malpractice at best. Joss was murdered by a homophobic terrorist.
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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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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.
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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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.
how long before this fucked up administration treats that psychopath as a hero. Jesus Christ
GoFundMe is already set up, probably.
GoFundMe is already set up, probably.
GoFundMe is already set up, probably.
How FUCKED UP in the head do you have to be to do something like this.
What the actual FUCK.
Weak ass title for a planned murder, hate crime, with animal cruelty.
Statement from Tristan Kern de Gonzales
Husband of Jonathan JossMy husband Jonathan Joss and I were involved in a shooting while checking the mail at the site of our former home. 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. We reported these threats to law enforcement multiple times and nothing was done.
Throughout that time we were harassed regularly by individuals who made it clear they did not accept our relationship. Much of the harassment was openly homophobic.
When we returned to the site to check our mail we discovered the skull of one of our dogs and its harness placed in clear view. This caused both of us severe emotional distress. We began yelling and crying in response to the pain of what we saw.
While we were doing this a man approached us. He started yelling violent homophobic slurs at us. He then raised a gun from his lap and fired.
Jonathan and I had no weapons. We were not 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.Jonathan is my husband. He gave me more love in our time together than most people ever get. We were newlyweds. We picked Valentines Day. We were in the process of looking for a trailer and planning our future.
He was murdered by someone who could not stand the sight of two men loving each other.
I was with him when he passed. I told him how much he was loved.To everyone who supported him, his fans, his friends, know that he valued you deeply. He saw you as family.
My focus now is on protecting Jonathan’s legacy and honoring the life we built together.
If your concern is how someone coped with trauma or how loudly they speak when recounting injustice and being ignored by authorities then you never truly cared about my husband.
Jonathan saved my life. I will carry that forward. I will protect what he built.
- Tristan Kern de Gonzales
From Jonathon Joss’s Facebook post
His name is written like 10 times across the article, how could you still misspell it…
Thanks, homie. Fixed it for you. I think I let autocorrect get the best of me.
His name is written like 10 times across the article, how could you still misspell it…
That is genuinely fucking horrifying.
What a tragic story. Hope that fucking loser gets jailed for murder. There have to be consequences for behavior like this
Omg… this is so horrible. 😢
WTF is wrong with people!
Religion plays a big part.
They’re Republican.
Conservative culture creates objectively worse human beings.
What’s wrong is that some people have decided that they’re at war with the rest of us.
They’re uneducated and are unable to process empathy, while also being fed a torrent of hateful propaganda
Or like the other guy said, they’re Republican
But you repeat yourself.
It’s not that they can’t process empathy. It’s that they’re told that empathy makes them weak and unmanly and that if they start to “feel” they need to start smashing shit.
Or like the other guy said, they’re Republican
Rethuglikkklans
His name is written like 10 times across the article, how could you still misspell it…
The article title is really fucked up for making it seem like it was both sides arguing and it boiling over.
Corporate media is just misinformation and propaganda.
That’s what they do. Our media absolutely covers for hate crimes right now.
I sent an email to their complaint department about the headline. Not likely to do anything, but I’ll still be annoying.
I wish I had thought of doing that, thanks! I will join you.
Posted this. Thanks for the idea!
Shame on your organization.
You ran an article titled “King of the Hill actor Jonathan Joss fatally shot in Texas after argument with neighbor” and just conveniently left out the fact that there was no argument, just an active hate crime. You failed to mention the years of police reports, the context of the situation, or the open letter penned by his husband who was there, witnessed the murder, and heard the man yelling homophobic slurs as he shot at two completely unarmed non threatening men on their own property.
Organizations like yours protect the shit police forces, the bigots, the lowlives of our society. Decisions like this show where you stand. You’re cowards; cowards protect other cowards.
Disgusting.
Pathetic.
Shameful.
I hope you actually ponder this one for a second. I know you won’t, but got dang, find a moral or two. Y’all suck. This man deserved better; we deserve better. Even you deserve better.
Link to the complaint line?
I’ll be sending this same message to them
Lemmy is “our” media. Mainstream media is owned by the 1%. It is heavily censored.
ACAB.
Fuck the police
