An arrest has been made in connection with the murder of Kier Solomon, a transgender woman who was shot and killed outside a North Arlington apartment complex in 2021.
Arlington Police said 25-year-old Arthur Morris Jr. is facing one count of murder in connection with Solomon’s death.
On Sept. 30, 2021, at approximately 9:32 p.m., officers were called to an apartment complex in the 1100 block of Stonetrail Road after a resident reported seeing someone slumped over in a parked but running vehicle.
The officers discovered the person inside the car, later identified as Solomon, with a gunshot wound. Solomon was transported to an area hospital, where she was later pronounced deceased.
A recovered phone showed she was messaging an unidentified individual via an app about meeting them at the location. They determined that the number used to communicate with Solomon was a temporary number generated by the app.
Detectives later learned about another incident that occurred two weeks prior, where someone messaged a different victim on the same app and asked them to meet at the same location. During that encounter, the suspect took items from that victim, displayed a gun, and fired a shot at that victim’s car.
In September 2025, numerous search warrants related to the app account revealed an email address and ultimately a cell phone number that detectives connected to Morris. Records for that cell phone number placed Morris at the crime scene before, during, and after the murder.
Arlington Police said additional evidence pointed to Morris as the suspect in the woman’s death. At the time an arrest warrant was issued, Arlington Police said Morris was already in the custody of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and was serving a 7-year prison sentence for an unrelated aggravated robbery conviction.
In consultation with the Tarrant County District Attorney’s Office, detectives moved forward with filing the murder charge against Morris, as well as an aggravated robbery charge for the earlier incident.
“This investigation truly highlights the persistence and dedication of our detectives,” said Chief of Police Al Jones. “Sometimes we get that big break in a case right away, and other times we don’t. What never changes, though, is our commitment to delivering justice for victims of crime and exhausting every possible lead to achieve that goal.”
Morris is serving his aggravated robbery sentence at the T.L. Roach Jr. Unit in Childress. He is eligible for parole on Aug. 31, 2026, and his projected release date is March 1, 2030.
Morris will be returned to Tarrant County for his arraignment on the murder charge.