San Antonio Man Indicted for Actor Jonathan Joss Murder

A Bexar County grand jury indicted Sigfredo Ceja Alvarez, a 57-year-old San Antonio resident, on one count of murder in connection with the fatal shooting of actor Jonathan Joss on June 1, 2025. The indictment, returned on November 17, followed Alvarez's arrest shortly after the incident, when he was released on $200,000 bond.

Joss, 59, was found lying near a roadway in the 200 block of Dorsey Street after police responded to reports of a shooting in progress. Officers and first responders attempted life-saving measures, but Joss was pronounced dead at the scene. Authorities identified Alvarez as Joss's neighbor and alleged he confronted Joss and his husband, Tristan Kern de Gonzalez, while they checked mail at the site of their former home, which had burned down in January 2025.

De Gonzalez, who witnessed the shooting, described the events in a Facebook post on Joss's account shortly after the incident. He stated that the couple had endured over two years of threats and harassment from area residents, including repeated warnings that their home would be set on fire, which they reported to law enforcement without action. On the day of the shooting, de Gonzalez wrote, they...