Jonathan Joss' husband, Tristan Kern de Gonzales, shared a statement a day after the 'King of the Hill' star was fatally shot at his property in San Antonio, Texas during a dispute with a neighbor. Gonzales claimed he and Joss had been facing "years of threats" due to their sexuality and the shooting came after a spew of "violent homophobic slurs.

The husband of Jonathan Joss, the "King of the Hill" actor fatally shot by a neighbor in San Antonio, thanked Joss for saving his life in the Sunday altercation. He explained that the actor, whom he had just married on Valentine's Day,

Before his death and marriage to his new husband, Jonathan Joss was a Native American actor and voice actor best known for his role as John Redcorn on the long-running animated television series King of the Hill. From 1997 until the show’s end in 2009, Joss brought humour, warmth, and quiet complexity to the character – a Native American healer.