SAN ANTONIO — SAPD Chief William McManus walked back a statement made by the department the day after "King of the Hill" actor Jonathan Joss's murder.

The 59-year-old actor whose legal name is Jonathan Joss Gonzales was shot to death outside his family's home on Dorsey Street. His neighbor, Sigfredo Ceja Alvarez, 59, is facing a murder charge in his death. Other neighbors in the area had known the two to be in a longstanding fued stretching back over a year. Witnesses said they often faced off with weapons and gunshots were heard from both men's houses in the evenings.

Monday, SAPD issued a statement saying the murder was related to Joss' sexual orientation and was not being classified as a hate crime. In a press conference Thursday, he walked back those statements, saying they were pr

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