‘King of the Hill’ Actor Had Lengthy Feud With Neighbor Accused of Deadly Capturing

A well-liked “King of the Hill” voice actor was shot lifeless Sunday evening, allegedly by a neighbor after a fiery dispute, and it appears tensions between the 2 males had been constructing for years … TMZ has realized.

Jonathan Joss — the actor finest identified for voicing John Redcorn on the favored animated FOX sitcom — was shot and killed on his Texas property, allegedly by Sigfredo Alvarez Ceja, who’s now in police custody.

Neighbors on the San Antonio block the place the capturing occurred inform TMZ … Joss’ dwelling burned down in February, however he returned Sunday to gather a sufferer’s fireplace fund test. Whereas there, he discovered the skeleton of one in every of his canines killed within the fireplace, and it despatched him right into a rage — he began yelling at anybody he noticed within the space.

We’re instructed that led to a spat with Ceja, who lives two doorways down … and shortly thereafter, the suspect allegedly drove over and shot Jonathan earlier than fleeing. Emergency crews arrived on the scene and tried to avoid wasting the actor.

We hear the 2 males have a historical past … and allegedly have been in each verbal and bodily fights previously. Neighbors say Joss’ rants have been truly a reasonably frequent prevalence, and police had been referred to as on him a number of occasions previous to his home burning down.

Neighbors additionally instructed TMZ the actor would do kooky stuff … like bang pans on his roof in the course of the evening.