SAN ANTONIO — Community members are pressing the San Antonio Police Department to thoroughly investigate the Sunday killing of "King of the Hill" actor Jonathan Joss, calls which were amplified when the agency said the very next day on social media that it had "found no evidence" of a hate crime.

SAPD Chief William McManus walked back the statement on Thursday morning, saying "that was way, way, way premature."

"We shouldn't have done it. It was way too soon before we had any real information and I will own that," the police chief added.

He went on to clarify that hate crimes are not individual charges filed by law enforcement in Texas, but rather "sentencing enhancements" pursued by prosecutors.

That means that once the SAPD investigation is complete and handed off to the Bexar Cou

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