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HOUSTON (AP) — A grand jury in Texas has indicted the man accused of killing “King of the Hill” voice actor Jonathan Joss on a murder charge.

But it is unclear whether Joss’ killing will be considered a hate crime. Police in San Antonio did not immediately return an email seeking comment Wednesday on whether its investigation had determined that Joss’ sexual orientation played a role in his shooting, and the Bexar County District Attorney’s Office declined to comment on the matter.

Police allege Sigfredo Ceja Alvarez, 57, confronted Joss and his husband on June 1 as they were checking their mail at their San Antonio home, which had been burned down in January.

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[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 58 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Took their time on this one.

[–] BallShapedMan@lemmy.world 27 points 4 months ago

Right! About fucking time.

[–] FatVegan@leminal.space 23 points 4 months ago

One guy is a murderer, the other is gay. It was probably a hard decision

[–] CMDR_Horn@lemmy.world 47 points 4 months ago

I met Joss the day before his murder. He was kind, funny and it was very apparent that he loved his fans.

[–] QuantumTickle@lemmy.zip 14 points 4 months ago

Had his sexual orientation been different, would the crime have still happened?

[–] LENINSGHOSTFACEKILLA@hexbear.net 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

when this happened there was this really weird backlash claiming Joss was actually a secret weirdo who needlessly harassed his neighbors. I never heard anything more about this, and it always felt like a very racist bullshit attack to me. Anyone have some insight on this?

[–] GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 4 months ago

Anyone have some insight on this?

Yes. It was racist bullshit.

[–] Dippy@beehaw.org 3 points 4 months ago

Took long enough holy shit