Bexar County prosecutors have asked judges and juries to consider hate crime enhancements in four cases since 2001, according to data reviewed by KSAT Investigates.

Many have raised questions and criticized the investigation into “King of the Hill” actor Jonathan Joss’ shooting death.

San Antonio police arrested Joss’ neighbor, Sigfredo Ceja Alvarez, and charged him with murder. Alvarez told officers, “I shot him,” immediately after he was taken into custody on Sunday, a police report obtained by KSAT stated.

Joss’ husband, Tristan Kern de Gonzales, posted 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.

On Monday, San Antonio police said there was no evidence of a hate crime. During a news c

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