Overview
- A grand jury on November 17 indicted 57-year-old Sigfredo Ceja Alvarez on a murder charge in the June 1 shooting of Jonathan Joss in San Antonio.
- Alvarez remains free on a $200,000 bond as the case advances through pretrial proceedings.
- The district attorney’s office said the murder count is the most serious charge available under Texas law and withheld further details because the case is pending.
- Joss’s husband alleges the shooter shouted homophobic slurs, but police say they currently have no evidence the killing was a hate crime.
- Reports indicate the confrontation happened as Joss and his husband checked their mail, and acquaintances described years of disputes between the neighbors.