The man who admitted to shooting Jonathan Joss was indicted by a Bexar County grand jury this week. A report from the San Antonio Police Department describes Sigfredo Ceja Alvarez as the suspect in the ongoing case. He’s facing the charge of murder for his role in the June 1 shooting of the King of the Hill star. Records obtained by KSAT describe the scene in Judge Joel Perez’s courtroom.
And their account of the shooting, Alvarez approached Joss around 7:00 PM on June 1st. Their interaction occurred on Dorsey Drive near Pleasanton Road. The actor had reportedly reached out for help before then, when his home caught fire earlier this year. According to witnesses, Alvarez threatened Joss before shooting him with a rifle. The Parks and Recreation star went to check the mail at his residence and the defendant initiated an argument with Joss.
Earlier this year, Alvarez’s attorney continued to argue for his client’s right to defend himself because of how this case occurred in Texas. Nico LaHood would tell KSAT that they believe this is their best course of action. “This accusation of a hate crime is completely antithetical to his character,” LaHood explained to the outlet. “This has nothing to do with sexual orientation. This has to do with a very long time of torment in that neighborhood.”
“This was leading up, unfortunately,” LaHood continued. “And, as you know, people in Texas have a right not to be a victim. You have a right to self-defense. You have a right to the defense of third persons legally and under the law, and we believe that applies here.”
Who shot Jonathan Joss?
Following the story’s initial report, Joss’s husband, Tristan Kern de Gonzales gave his own accounts of the events on Facebook. We’d like to share those details with you from Gonzalez because he was at the scene as well, and they are pertinent to the case. Many fans on social media argue that Alvarez shooting of Joss would be a hate crime, and the comments from that post do little to dispel that reading of the events.
“When we returned to the site to check our mail we discovered the skull of one of our dogs and its harness placed in clear view. This caused both of us severe emotional distress. We began yelling and crying in response to the pain of what we saw,” Gonzalez typed. “ While we were doing this a man approached us. He started yelling violent homophobic slurs at us. He then raised a gun from his lap and fired.”
“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,” he argued. “Jonathan is my husband. He gave me more love and our time together than most people ever get. We were newlyweds, we picked Valentine’s Day. We were in the process of looking for a trailer and planning our future. He was murdered by someone who could not stand the sight of two men loving each other.”
SAPD’s own report indicates that Alvarez told the officer, “I shot him.” The defendant in the upcoming trial was released from Bexar County jail after his bond got set at $200,000.
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