The husband of Jonathan Joss, an actor best known for his role the animated television series “King of the Hill,” claimed the person who fatally shot Joss yelled “violent homophobic slurs” before opening fire.

The 59-year-old was killed near his home in south San Antonio Sunday night.

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In a statement released a day after the killing, Tristan Kern de Gonzales said he and Joss had previously faced harassment, much of it “openly homophobic.”

"He was murdered by someone who could not stand the sight of two men loving each other," Gonzales wrote.

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After the shooting, authorities arrested 56-year-old Sigfredo Alvarez

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