Crime ‘King of the Hill’ voice actor Jonathan Joss killed in Texas shooting after argument with neighbor - R.I.P John Redcorn III

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King of the Hill’ voice actor Jonathan Joss killed in Texas shooting after argument with neighbor​

By Patrick Reilly

Published June 2, 2025, 11:38 a.m. ET

Actor Jonathan Joss — best known for his voice work on the iconic animated TV comedy “King of Hill” was shot dead by a neighbor in Texas, according to a report.

Joss, who voiced “John Redcorn” on the long-running cartoon, got into a argument with the neighbor at his home in San Antonio Sunday night when the neighbor pulled out a gun and shot him several times, according to police.

The unnamed gunman then fled the scene in a vehicle but was arrested by police just a block from the residence.

 

[TokiBun]

Do I smell a potential lolcow?

God I hope so. How many pooners have a story online that starts like this?

 

[Aunt Carol]

Do I smell a potential lolcow?

I worry that we're getting overoptimistic. There are so many pooners who are exactly like this online; the only difference is that this one has had a real trauma, and secured some mainstream attention.

 

[Sicko Hunter]

"Jonathan Joss would play drums on his roof at all hours of the night and would yell obscenities and racial slurs at people outside. They said that, when confronted, Joss would often say that was rehearsing for a role"

UH OH GUYS DID REDDIT SANCTIFY A HECKIN RACIST????!

 

[Not A Bunny]

UH OH GUYS DID REDDIT SANCTIFY A HECKIN RACIST????!

No, silly, he was a Pee-Oh-Cee. He couldn't be a racist because he lacked the privilege.

 

[BradeRunna]

Playing drums and yelling racial slurs?

Sounds pretty based.

 

[shoashuffle]

A few new things, lets start with the light bits.

His final podcast appearance, admits his pooner is a retard.
"My husband can't do a single thing right, he can't cook, he can't clean, he can't even speak normally."
(Source)
This piece of shit called Johnny Hardwick 'Soup' because he was found dead in a bath.
(Source)

People close to him are aware that he lit his house on fire for insurance money, meaning he intentionally left his own dogs in that house.

"My closest friend said, 'Jonathan, we know you set that fire ... We know you did it for money,'" Joss explained. "'I said, 'Guys, my dogs ... were there. I would never hurt my dogs ... I would never light my dogs on fire.'" He did add that he "shot the little f***ers, and then I burned the house," but it's unclear if he was joking.

(Source)

I'm glad that Big Chief Burn It Down is dead. Get fucked your worthless meth addict.

 

[GamerGateSurvivor]

"Jonathan Joss would play drums on his roof at all hours of the night and would yell obscenities and racial slurs at people outside. They said that, when confronted, Joss would often say that was rehearsing for a role"
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UH OH GUYS DID REDDIT SANCTIFY A HECKIN RACIST????!

The more I find out about Joss, the more I conclude that he wasn't persecuted for being a pooner banger gay, he was just an asshole.

 

[The Dude]

So it's starting to look like Chief Smokes-Some-Meth got ventilated because his Squaw was running her Cluster-B mouth, and I'm willing to bet one of them had some kind of weapon (makeshift or otherwise) and one of them was likely making threats. It's a shame the guy let drugs rot his brain, but really nothing of value was lost. He was likely too far gone at this point and if he hadn't been shot he would have likely OD'd at some point.

And if the house had been condemned and was slated to be demo'd then how could he have collected any insurance money by torching it himself? The house was legally no longer his, so it couldn't be covered by insurance. Then again, he was a meth head and they aren't known for making rational choices, so he may well have burnt it down thinking he'd collect a windfall.

 

[Sicko Hunter]

So it's starting to look like Chief Smokes-Some-Meth got ventilated because his Squaw was running her Cluster-B mouth, and I'm willing to bet one of them had some kind of weapon (makeshift or otherwise) and one of them was likely making threats. It's a shame the guy let drugs rot his brain, but really nothing of value was lost. He was likely too far gone at this point and if he hadn't been shot he would have likely OD'd at some point.

They were literally calling this a modern day lynching on the KOTH subreddit yesterday by the way I should have screencapped it.

 

[Korpon]

A few new things, lets start with the light bits.

His final podcast appearance, admits his pooner is a retard.
"My husband can't do a single thing right, he can't cook, he can't clean, he can't even speak normally."
(Source)
This piece of shit called Johnny Hardwick 'Soup' because he was found dead in a bath.
(Source)

People close to him are aware that he lit his house on fire for insurance money, meaning he intentionally left his own dogs in that house.

"My closest friend said, 'Jonathan, we know you set that fire ... We know you did it for money,'" Joss explained. "'I said, 'Guys, my dogs ... were there. I would never hurt my dogs ... I would never light my dogs on fire.'" He did add that he "shot the little f***ers, and then I burned the house," but it's unclear if he was joking.

(Source)

I'm glad that Big Chief Burn It Down is dead. Get fucked your worthless meth addict.

Rest in piss Deadcorn

 

[Kari Kamiya]

he can't even speak normally.

Frog voice does that to women on the T. Think he requested she bite the pillow or wear a gag to shut her up during sex?

 

[behindyourightnow]

There is also a new interview with a neighbour available, which contradicts a lot of Tristian's statements. Interestingly the neighbour was encouraging Joss to hold on -- Must have been awkward while Tristian was telling him to go towards the light at the same time.

https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrit...ss-death-final-moments-witnessed-by-neighbor/

“John is ranting and raving and a car pass[es] by and stops in front of John,” the neighbor, who asked to remain anonymous, exclusively told Us Weekly. “John said ‘f*** you and f*** your wife’ to the guy in the car. The shooter never got out of the car.”​

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The neighbor’s 11-year-old child witnessed the shooting and the resident recalled hearing three “loud” shots fired. The neighbor claimed she “saw the shooter put his car in reverse.” After hearing the shots, the neighbor said she and her husband rushed outside to help Joss and provide CPR to save his life. However, the gunshot wounds to the left side of his neck and right side of his chest appeared to be too severe, she said.​

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“He was dying. You could see fear in his eyes. I kept saying ‘Stay here and stay with us, John’ and I could see his eyes shifting to try to stay alive,” the neighbor said. “It was so traumatic and I can’t stop thinking about it.”​

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So, no neighbor standing over them laughing and calling them slurs. And the pooner didn't bravely hold him, and she probably just stood there uselessly as neighbors actually tried to help. What a surprise.

On the other hand it does look like it was actually murder and not self-defense, unless Joss rushed him with the pitchfork or something.

 

[YouGuysAren'tThatSmart]

This piece of shit called Johnny Hardwick 'Soup' because he was found dead in a bath.

And now all sympathy is gone. I was on the fence about his house being insurance fraud related, because I actually knew of a house where I grew up that burned down and was rebuilt three times, all of them from faulty wiring. But saying shit like that leaves no doubt he was just trying to get insurance money and most probably did shoot his dogs beforehand. Both of them should have had a “magic bullet” experience like Kennedy, where the singular bullet should have split both their domes. Unbelievable.

 

[Aunt Carol]

This piece of shit called Johnny Hardwick 'Soup' because he was found dead in a bath.
(Source)

OK, it's been a couple of years, and in context Joss didn't call him "Soup" as a nickname or dismissive joke, just in a list of deaths said "turned into soup." That's not particularly funny, but it's the kind of off-color remark that might get posted here.

More to the point: if a guy talks like that in a recorded interview, it lets you know how much solemn dignity you need to use when you discuss his death. No matter what the white savior TQ+s coming out of the woodwork say.

 

[shoashuffle]

OK, it's been a couple of years, and in context Joss didn't call him "Soup" as a nickname or dismissive joke, just in a list of deaths said "turned into soup." That's not particularly funny, but it's the kind of off-color remark that might get posted here.

More to the point: if a guy talks like that in a recorded interview, it lets you know how much solemn dignity you need to use when you discuss his death. No matter what the white savior TQ+s coming out of the woodwork say.

After calling him soup, he then proceeded to whine about how much he hated Johnny because he couldn't profit off of him. And how dale saying "Sgo sgo sgo" was actually stealing from Indians and racist.

 

[WonderWino]

After calling him soup, he then proceeded to whine about how much he hated Johnny because he couldn't profit off of him. And how dale saying "Sgo sgo sgo" was actually stealing from Indians and racist.

Then the meth really did fry his brain cause sgo is just short for lets go, in, you know, english. He's talking utter nonsense

 

[No-Eyed Square Guy]

"Jonathan Joss would play drums on his roof at all hours of the night and would yell obscenities and racial slurs at people outside. They said that, when confronted, Joss would often say that was rehearsing for a role"

I have a drum set and a low roof angle and my neighbors don't know what my job is. How did I not think to do this? I've wasted so many years...

 

[shoashuffle]

Then the meth really did fry his brain cause sgo is just short for lets go, in, you know, english. He's talking utter nonsense

Yeah... he tried saying that indians invented shortening words.

 

[Stardust_Ziggy]

A few new things, lets start with the light bits.

His final podcast appearance, admits his pooner is a retard.
"My husband can't do a single thing right, he can't cook, he can't clean, he can't even speak normally."
(Source)
This piece of shit called Johnny Hardwick 'Soup' because he was found dead in a bath.
(Source)

People close to him are aware that he lit his house on fire for insurance money, meaning he intentionally left his own dogs in that house.

"My closest friend said, 'Jonathan, we know you set that fire ... We know you did it for money,'" Joss explained. "'I said, 'Guys, my dogs ... were there. I would never hurt my dogs ... I would never light my dogs on fire.'" He did add that he "shot the little f***ers, and then I burned the house," but it's unclear if he was joking.

(Source)

I'm glad that Big Chief Burn It Down is dead. Get fucked your worthless meth addict.

WTF? Okay, any slight feelings of sadness I had about this guy are gone.

Also, let this be a lesson to you guys who like to find pooners on Grinder to sleep with. If something happens and you die, you’re going to end up as a gay icon with a fucking rainbow flag behind your picture for all eternity, and there’s nothing any of us can say about it. Fair warning.

 

[Spook Master]

"...but did not find a crossbow on Joss when they arrived on the scene."

A bit dishonest, the cops promptly found it stashed in his house, the article neglects to mention this.

“John said ‘f*** you and f*** your wife’ to the guy in the car. The shooter never got out of the car.”

And with that, the pooner's original testimony is almost completely discredited. If you were confused why the retard said "raised a gun from his lap", it's because she completely forgot to mention the vehicle the shooter was sitting in at the time. Amazing.