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American actor Jonathan Joss could have been killed due to hatred of gays
American actor Jonathan Joss was found dead along a road in Texas, he was shot, Variety reports , citing police. Joss's husband later spoke of homophobic threats and harassment leading up to the murder for several years.
The shooting that killed the actor took place on June 1st. According to police, Joss's body was found along a road in San Antonio. The shooter managed to escape from the crime scene, but was later detained. According to Deadline , it turned out to be Jonathan Joss's neighbor, Sigfredo Alvarez Ceja.
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Several media outlets immediately wrote that the tragedy was preceded by a fire in the actor’s house and a quarrel with that same neighbor that happened after the fire. Joss arrived at the scene, saw the skull of his dog burned in the fire and flared up, which led to the conflict, the TMZ portal specifies . According to the publication, the actor’s house was previously declared uninhabitable by the authorities; the electricity was turned off, so Joss used the grill for heating. According to neighbors, he often behaved strangely - for example, from time to time at night he banged pots on the roof.
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Jonathan Joss's husband, Tristan Kern de Gonzalez, later publicly stated his version of events, Deadline reports . “He was killed by someone who couldn’t stand the sight of two men loving each other,” he wrote on Facebook. According to Gonzalez, the murder was motivated by hatred towards gays. He also said that he and his husband had repeatedly contacted the police because of the “openly homophobic” threats they had received for two years, but to no avail. In addition, according to him, the neighbors allegedly threatened to set the house on fire, so the fire most likely was not an accident.
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