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Police now say they are investigating shooting of actor Jonathan Joss as possible hate crime

King of the Hill actor’s husband claimed killing was due to his sexual orientation, which police initially dismissed

Investigators are looking into whether the sexual orientation of King of the Hill voice actor Jonathan Joss played a role in his shooting death in Texas, authorities said on Thursday, walking back a previous statement about the potential motive. But during a news conference on Thursday William McManus, the San Antonio police chief, said the statement was “premature” and that whether Joss’s sexual orientation played a role in the shooting “is part of the investigation”. “His voice will be missed at King of the Hill, and we extend our deepest condolences to Jonathan’s friends and family,” the show’s creators and producers – Mike Judge, Greg Daniels and Saladin Patterson – said in a statement on the animated series’ Instagram page.

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