The gunman who allegedly shot dead Jonathan Joss confessed to shooting the “King of the Hill’ voice actor shortly after he was arrested.
“I shot him,” TMZ quoted him as having told the police.
The actor was fatally shot near his Texas home, authorities said Monday.
According to the local media, police were sent to a home in south San Antonio about 7 p.m. Sunday on a shooting in progress call.
When officers arrived at the scene, they found the wounded 59-year-old near the street.
“The officers attempted life saving measures until EMS arrived. EMS pronounced the victim deceased,” San Antonio police said in a statement.
Joss’ husband, Tristan Kern de Gonzales, confirmed the actor’s death to The Associated Press in a text. The two were married earlier this year on Valentine’s Day.
In a statement, de Gonzales said he and Joss had previously faced harassment, much of it “openly homophobic.” Joss’ husband said the person who killed the actor yelled “violent homophobic slurs” before opening fire.
Before the shooting, de Gonzales and Joss were checking mail at Joss’ home, which had been heavily damaged during a January fire that claimed the lives of their three dogs. A man approached the two and threatened them with a gun, de Gonzales said.
“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,” de Gonzales said in a statement.
