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King of the Hill voice actor Jonathan Joss has died aged 59 after a shooting in Texas, police have confirmed.

Joss was the voice of John Redcorn for seasons two through 13 of the popular animated series. He had reportedly recorded bits for the show’s reboot, which recently began production for Hulu and is slated to premiere in August.

The actor was reportedly shot multiple times over the weekend after a disagreement with a neighbor, according to TMZ. San Antonio police responded to a home after reports of shots fired and found Joss near the road with gunshot wounds, according to Variety.

He was pronounced dead at the scene.

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[–] MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.world 77 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I really despise the usage of 'Argument' here in the title. It does not do the situation justice. As far as i'm aware this wasn't an Argument. it was entirely one sided. The perpetrator just walked up and started being homophobic before shooting him. It was a murder and to call it anything less is just being dishonest.

[–] SippyCup@feddit.nl 28 points 6 days ago (1 children)

This was after someone set his house on fire, which killed his 3 dogs. And then someone took one of the skulls and a leash and set it up where they'd be seen. So when Joss and his husband came back and were mourning, THEN his neighbor came out and started shouting slurs at them while waiving a fun around.

But no this was an argument between two equally at fault rational people. Definitely not a homophobic hate crime on the first day of pride month.

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[–] millie@slrpnk.net 52 points 6 days ago (10 children)

That's a weird spelling of "hate-crime".

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[–] veni_vedi_veni@lemmy.world 57 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The wiki article on his death says that the San Antonio PD is saying that there was no evidence of hate crime up to that point, but if this was ongoing for literal years over 300+ incidents, i find that hard to believe. They need an outside-led investigation into that county PD.

[–] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 23 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Is it sad that my first suspicion is that it simply doesn't meet the local legal definition of a hate crime because the laws are probably written to protect white people only?

[–] drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Actually that was one of the few wins in the civil rights movement. But there are always forces who will use it against us.

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[–] Buske@lemmy.world 37 points 6 days ago

argument? the dude was being threated for MONTHS.

[–] Zaphod@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 6 days ago

How FUCKED UP in the head do you have to be to do something like this.

What the actual FUCK.

[–] itisileclerk@lemmy.world 10 points 6 days ago (1 children)

You can find stupid people in every part of the world. Allowing every idiot to have a firearm is only possible in a country that is run by gun dealers.

[–] avattar 5 points 6 days ago

And then they say "GuNs DoN't KilLPeOpLe".

It's true you can kill people without a gun, just as you can pound a nail into a wall without a hammer. But it's a lot harder.

[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 7 points 5 days ago

Probably perpetrated by some dumb straight Christians.

But the reporting on this will focus more on the fact that the victim was ingenious and/or gay, than what's going on with the shooter.

But we get headlines like "trans person sentenced to (insert punishment) for (insert random crime)" or something similar whenever anyone from the LGBTQ+ community acts out.

You'll never see "straight man shoots a person because the shooter was a dick" or anything similar.

Fucking double standards.

[–] RedditIsDeddit@lemmy.world 11 points 6 days ago (9 children)

Guns are not a solution to an argument. Morons.

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[–] WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 6 days ago

This makes me very sad.

[–] minorkeys@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

This is something mentally ill people do. Racism alone doesn't account for mounting their dead dogs heads, burning down their home and then killing them.

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