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Neighbor accused King of the Hill actor Jonathan Joss shot dead Pleaded guilty to one count of first-degree murder last summer, according to court records.
Grand jury of Bexar County, Texas indicts suspect sigfredo ceja alvarez Shortly before noon on Monday; Ceja’s lawyers were formally informed at 6:05 a.m. Wednesday, docket shows,
Ceja, 56, was arrested and charged with Jose’s murder on June 1. Freed on $200,000 bond Next day. According to the case filing, he has since been under complete house arrest – which was changed to partial house arrest “for employment purposes” on July 24.
Police said that after being caught a short distance from the crime scene, Ceja confessed to the murder and reportedly told officers, “I shot him.”
Joss, whose legal name was Jonathan Joss Gonzales, was best known for voicing the character John Redcorn on the hit animated series. King of the Hill and to play Chief Ken Hottet on NBC’s parks and Recreation, 59 year old man shot dead Outside the remains of the San Antonio home she shared with husband Tristan Kern de Gonzales, 32. According to Kern de Gonzales, the couple had been living in Austin since January, when their home was damaged in a fire, and had come to check their mail.
Two days after Joss’s death, Karen de Gonzales, who said she identifies as a transgender person, recalled the terrifying moment her husband was shot.
“Everything was really close. It was in the head,” Kern de Gonzales previously reported Independent“I held his face when I told him how much I loved him, He could still hear me, he looked at me and because of the boundary he wasn’t able to talk,” [of his injuries]But I could tell he was trying to say, ‘I love you.'”
Although Kern de Gonzales says the shooting was a hate crime, San Antonio Police Department officials previously said they had “no evidence” Jose’s murder was motivated by bigotry.
“If any new evidence comes to light, we will charge the suspect accordingly,” SAPD said in a statement at the time.
The department later retracted its statement, saying it would look into whether homophobia played a role in the shooting.
According to Kern de Gonzales, the fatal confrontation followed a years-long feud between Joss, Kern de Gonzales and the suspect. She said the two were deeply troubled to see the skull of one of their beloved dogs, which died in a house fire in January, on display near their mailbox. (There is no mention of this in the SAPD incident report, which Independent Reviewed.)
Upon seeing the skull, Joss began screaming, which ultimately led to a confrontation with the suspect, Kern de Gonzales said. one in Facebook post announcing Joss’s deathKern de Gonzales alleged that the shooter yelled “violent homophobic slurs” at both of them before he opened fire.
Local residents later told stories of Joss being “really cute” at times and wandering off into the street at times.ranting and ravingOne called Joss,irregular,” and claimed the actor told people ”he was God.” Another neighbor shared a video local cbs affiliate knesJoss is reportedly shown walking back and forth with a pitchfork and shouting.
Although people may have considered Joss an “eccentric”, according to Kern de Gonzales, he was never a threat.
“I don’t care if my husband and I were walking around with one pitchfork in hand and another pitchfork in hand, we didn’t point any weapons at anybody,” Kern de Gonzalez said. Independent“We were checking the mail when the guy came in with the gun,”
San Antonio police said they responded to the shared home of Joss and Kern de Gonzales more than 50 times between Jan. 26, 2024, and Feb. 9, 2025.
According to call logs shared, officers came to the address to handle disturbance reports, mental health and welfare checks, theft and criminal mischief complaints and an incident allegedly involving a knife last year. Independent,
The final entry of the address is for the ongoing shooting, the event that ended Joss’s life.
Defense attorney Nico LaHood, who is representing Ceja, later told local ABC affiliate KSAT that his client shot Joss in self-defense.
“As you know, people in Texas have a right not to be victimized,” LaHood told the station. “You have a right to self-defense. You have a right to protect a third person legally and under the law, and we believe that applies here as well.”