Ian Youngs
Culture reporter
(BBC) – US actor Jonathan Joss has been shot dead in what his husband says was a homophobic hate crime, although police have said they have found no evidence of that.
Joss, 59, was known for voicing John Redcorn on long-running TV animation King of the Hill, and played Chief Ken Hotate in sitcom Parks and Recreation.
His husband Tristan Kern de Gonzales said a man “started yelling violent homophobic slurs” then opened fire when they were visiting their former home, which was destroyed in a fire in January.
Police in Texas said: “Despite online claims of this being a hate crime, currently the investigation has found no evidence to indicate that the Mr Joss’s murder was related to his sexual orientation.”
The shooting happened when the couple went back to the site of their old house, which “was burned down after over two years of threats from people in the area who repeatedly told us they would set it on fire”, Gonzales wrote on Facebook.
