Eddie Hassell death: Texas teenager arrested over fatal shooting of actor

Eddie Hassell, star of The Kids Are All Right, was shot and killed in a Dallas suburb in the early hours of 1 November

Eddie Hassell, 30, was shot and killed on 1 November (Getty Images)

Police in Texas have arrested an 18-year-old man on suspicion of shooting dead the actor Eddie Hassell.

D’Jon Antone was arrested on Wednesday on a capital murder charge following what police said was a robbery which went wrong.

Hassell, 30, was best known for his roles on the NBC show Surface and in the 2010 movie The Kids Are All Right. 

He was shot outside his girlfriend’s apartment in Grand Prairie, a Dallas suburb, around 1am on Sunday, according to his representative, Alan Mills. 

The actor was shot in the abdomen and taken to a nearby hospital, where he died, Mr Mills said.

Officer Mark Beseda, a spokesman for the Grand Prairie police, told the New York Times: “We believe that this was a robbery gone bad.”

 The department has not released further details about the robbery, although a car was taken that did not belong to Hassell, Officer Beseda said.

Antone was being held in custody, on a $500,000 bail.

Hassell’s co-star in The Kids Are All Right, Mark Ruffalo, paid tribute to the rising star.

“Rest In Peace, Eddie. More senseless gun violence. It’s a plague on our nation. This should not be our reality,” Ruffalo said.

Hassell was born in Corsicana, Texas, and was living in Waco, according to police reports.

He moved to Los Angeles at the age of 11 to begin an acting career, and landed roles in Aaron Sorkin’s Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, Joan of Arcadia and Southland.