- LOS ANGELES — Actress
Cynthia Nixon has mourned the loss of Hollywood actor Jonathan Joss after he
was fatally shot by his neighbour.
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- The actress has called for answers after the actor was
allegedly shot and killed in San Antonio, Texas, reports ‘People’ magazine.
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- In a post shared to Instagram on Tuesday, June 3, the ‘Sex
and the City’ actress, 59, said she was “devastated” to learn that Joss, whom
she described as a “wonderfully talented actor and musician”, was fatally shot
on Sunday, June 1.
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- As per ‘People’, she added that she and her family were big
fans of Parks and Recreation. Joss, also 59, had a recurring role as Chief Ken
Hotate on the sitcom.
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- “He and his husband had been repeatedly harassed and worse
by homophobic neighbors who recently burned their house to the ground”, Nixon
added.
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- Hours after the news broke on Sunday, his spouse, Tristan
Kern de Gonzales, took to Joss’ Facebook page to reveal that he was present
when Joss was shot, and claimed the issue was rooted in homophobia.
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- “The men were collecting mail at their old address when a
former neighbour came at them shouting homophobic hate and shot Jonathan to
death”, the ‘Gilded Age’ actress wrote.
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- Nixon said Joss died protecting the person he loved, “His
husband says he would also have been shot had Jonathan not pushed him out of
the way”.
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- She ended her post calling out local authorities.
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- “The San Antonio police force is saying there is “no
evidence” that this was a hate crime”, Nixon wrote. “We will not let this
stand”.
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