Group members are planning a gathering to recollect the lifetime of actor and San Antonio native Jonathan Joss, who was shot and killed Sunday night time outdoors of his Southside dwelling.
Joss’ neighbor, Sigfredo Alvarez Ceja, 56, was recognized as the primary suspect within the capturing, in accordance with the police report. Ceja was booked and charged with homicide, with a choose setting a bail of $200,000.
Joss was 59 and is remembered for his work as an actor, enjoying roles in reveals reminiscent of “Parks and Recreation” and being the voice of John Redcorn within the the animated sequence “King of the Hill,” in addition to films together with “The Magnificent Seven” and “True Grit.”
The Pleasure Middle San Antonio is inviting the group to affix a vigil at 7 p.m. Sunday, June 8. The group devoted to selling the LGBTQ+ group in Bexar County, can even host a “know your rights” workshop on police interactions.
“We’re creating an area to grieve, course of and collectively come collectively to mourn the violent lack of Jonathan Joss, Native Comanche and White Mountain Apache, identified voice actor/actor, associate & husband, canine dad and proudly out bisexual man,” states a social media publish by The Pleasure Middle. “We demand accountability and solutions. This was a hate crime, this was an act of violent unchecked homophobia and transphobia.”
Congressman Joaquin Castro posted on social media that it was “a surprising tragedy.” “My prayers are together with his household and associates throughout this heartbreaking time. This was a homophobic assault and this has no place in America,” he mentioned.
In a written assertion, the San Antonio Police Division acknowledged that their investigation had “discovered no proof in any way to point that the Mr. Joss’ homicide was associated to his sexual orientation.”
Earlier studies state that officers arrived to the situation of a capturing in progress on Dorsey Avenue and located Joss close to the roadway and tried life-saving measures till the emergency medical providers group arrived. The actor was pronounced deceased on the scene by EMS.
Joss’ associate Tristan Kern de Gonzales posted his account of the occasions on social media, stating that they have been on the website of their former dwelling — which was concerned in fireplace this January — checking the mail once they found the cranium of one among their canine and his harness “in clear view.” This induced them to start out crying and yelling in misery and he says that’s when a person approached them yelling homophobic slurs, in accordance with the publish shared by KSAT.
Ceja Alvarez was within the strategy of being launched from jail on Tuesday, in accordance with KSAT, and was anticipated to be below home arrest.
“As we mirror on the latest protection surrounding Jonathan’s ultimate days, we feature this ache like a stone in our chest,” mentioned Ramon J. Vasquez, govt director of the American Indians in Texas on the Spanish Colonial Missions (AIT-SCM), in a written assertion on Tuesday.
“Public studies describing his misery are heartbreaking, not as a result of they outline who he was, however as a result of they level to a extra profound disaster that’s all too acquainted in Native communities: the unstated, underserved, and ongoing battle with psychological hardship and lateral violence.”
