UPDATE — 6/2/25 at 4:47 p.m. ET: Jonathan Joss’ husband Tristan Kern de Gonzales claimed that the actor’s death was the result of a hate crime.

“My husband Jonathan Joss and I were involved in a shooting while checking the mail at the site of our former home. That home was burned down after over two years of threats from people in the area who repeatedly told us they would set it on fire,” read a statement shared via Joss’ Facebook on Monday, June 2. “We reported these threats to law enforcement multiple times and nothing was done.”

Kern de Gonzales alleged that he and Joss were the targets of “openly homophobic” harassment. While at the site, Kern de Gonzales claimed they found “the skull” of one of their dogs and its harness which caused “severe emotional distress.”

“We began yelling

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