SAN ANTONIO – San Antonio Police Department Chief William McManus made his first public statements since Sunday’s deadly shooting of actor Jonathan Joss.
McManus’ full news conference can be seen below.
The chief began Thursday’s news conference
Joss, 59, was best known for his acting work as the voice of John Redcorn on the long-running animated series “King of the Hill” and Chief Ken Hotate on the live-action sitcom “Parks and Recreation.”
Joss was shot just after 7 p.m. Sunday in the 200 block of Dorsey Drive, which is located near Pleasanton Road. Police said Joss’ neighbor, Sigfredo Ceja Alvarez, pulled the trigger.
According to an SAPD report, Alvarez, 56, told officers, “I shot him,” shortly after they took him into custody. Alvarez was charged with murder and later booked into the Bexar County Adult Detention Center.
After posting a $200,000 bond on Tuesday, Alvarez was released from custody on Wednesday afternoon.
McManus’ news conference comes hours before SAPD and Pride San Antonio host a joint community forum at Woodlawn Pointe, located at 702 Donaldson Ave., at 6 p.m. Thursday.
Joss’ husband, Tristan Kern de Gonzales, went on Facebook on Monday and described how he and Joss were approached by a man “yelling violent homophobic slurs” at Joss before firing a weapon.
In a statement sent Monday, San Antonio police said there is no evidence that the shooting was motivated by Joss’ sexual orientation.
“Despite online claims of this being a hate crime, currently the investigation has found no evidence to indicate that Mr. Joss’s murder was related to his sexual orientation,” police said.
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