"Police in Arlington, Texas have arrested a suspect in the 2021 murder of a local Black transgender woman, Kier Soloman. Arthur Morris Jr, 25, has been charged with aggravated robbery and one count of murder after a four-years-long investigation, the Arlington Police Department announced in a statement Wednesday. Morris is already in the custody of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, serving a seven-year prison sentence for an unrelated aggravated robbery conviction."
"Solomon, who was 21, was found fatally shot in front of the Madrid Apartments on September 30, 2021 when another motorist encountered her in the driver's seat of her car with the door open and the engine running. She was taken to the emergency room of a local hospital, where she was pronounced dead. Solomon had lived with her grandmother in Dallas, and sometimes visited friends at a different building in Arlington."
"Detectives later learned of another incident that occurred two weeks before Solomon's murder, in which someone messaged a different victim on the same app and asked them to meet at the same location. The suspect, identified as Morris, allegedly brandished a gun, took items from the victim, and fired a shot at the victim's car. Investigators received multiple warrants in September, 2025 that allowed them to search the account."
Arlington police arrested Arthur Morris Jr., 25, and charged him with aggravated robbery and murder in the 2021 fatal shooting of 21-year-old Kier Soloman. Morris was already serving a seven-year sentence for an unrelated aggravated robbery. Solomon was found fatally shot in her car outside the Madrid Apartments on September 30, 2021 and later pronounced dead at a hospital. Investigators found that Solomon arranged a meeting via an app and linked a similar armed robbery two weeks earlier to the same suspect. Warrants executed in September 2025 uncovered account and phone records placing Morris at the site before, during, and after the killing. Detectives have not found evidence tying the motive to Solomon's gender identity.
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