Overview

• At a June 5 press conference, McManus said SAPD’s earlier claim that Joss’s sexual orientation was not a factor was “way premature.”
• Neighbor Sigfredo Ceja Alvarez, 56, is charged with first-degree murder in the June 1 shooting and has been released on $200,000 bond.
• Joss’s husband, Tristan Kern de Gonzales, said the shooter hurled homophobic slurs and alleged years of harassment and threats before their home burned in January.
• SAPD homicide detectives are working with fire-arson investigators to determine whether the blaze at Joss’s former home and his killing are connected.
• Under Texas law, hate motivations are treated as sentencing enhancements rather than separate charges and will be decided by prosecutors at trial.