On 1st November 2020, Sunday morning around 1 am, Actor Eddie Hassell died after being shot outside his girlfriend’s apartment in Texas. His girlfriend said that she did not see anyone as she was inside the house. He was shot in the stomach after which he was fatally injured and after being taken to a nearby local hospital, the doctors declared him dead. Alan Mills, his manager confirmed the news and gave out the details.
After investigation, the police arrested an 18-year-old teenager on Wednesday. D’Jon Antone was concluded as the suspect after Grand Prairie detectives enquired about the incident. They said that the death happened as a part of a robbery attempt. Antone is currently being held at a detention center for a $500,000 bond. They could neither reach Antone’s family nor did he have a lawyer. They are looking up more information on him but he is not a citizen of Dallas. He will be held under custody until further action is taken by the court.
Fans of Hassell feel like they knew him. In any case, few did just as his sweetheart, who was with him minutes before the shooting. She said there was no explanation he ought to have been looted and slaughtered. “He was so energetic and just carried bliss to countless individuals. Countless individuals cherished him. I cherished him. I can’t really accept that he’s gone,” Hassell’s better half, Andrea Trester, said.
Trester was with Hassell minutes before he was shot and killed outside her Grand Prairie condo. She didn’t hear the discharge. Police broke the news to her at her entryway. “We went to get some R&R and returned home and we were in the house for several minutes. He said he planned to go outside to glance in my vehicle for his telephone and afterward didn’t return,” she reviewed. Trester said she figured he was settling on a telephone decision, or perhaps smoking a cigarette.
She at that point nodded off. At the point when she woke up, her reality changed. “Everything is simply truly overpowering at the present time. I don’t comprehend why this occurred,” she said. Criminologists trust Antone was attempting to loot him. A testimony expresses that observation video shows “an obscure dark male accepted to be in his initial youngsters escaping the high rise” in Trester’s Nissan Sentra, taking the vehicle after the shooting.
Antone is presently accused of capital homicide. His bond was set at $500,000. Police say they trust Hassell was focused aimlessly, and they don’t have the foggiest idea why Antone would be at that high rise. He doesn’t live there and doesn’t live in Grand Prairie. “He in a real sense didn’t have anything on him yet my keys, apparently. His wallet was on the counter. His vehicle keys were on my counter. I don’t comprehend why this occurred,” Trester said.
Hassell was most popular for his function in NBC’s science fiction arrangement “Surface,” just as showing up in “Mischievous Maids” on the Lifetime Channel and in the Oscar-assigned film “The Kids Are Alright.” Trester said this was their #1 season, and they had been together consistently. “He was simply so adored. In this way, so cherished,” she said.
Who is Eddie Hassell?
Born on 16th July 1990 in Texas, Eddie grew up participating in Rodeo events. Later on, he decided to skateboard for which he moved to Los Angeles. His skills impressed many and he was signed for advertisements by numerous agencies. In 2005, he was signed to play the character of Phil Nance for the TV show ‘Surface’ created by Jonas Pate and Josh Pate. In 2006, he was also nominated for the Young Artist awards for his work in the series. He then entered Hollywood and worked on films such as ‘The Kids Are All Right‘, ‘The Family Tree’, ‘Jobs’, ‘Family Weekend’, ‘Bomb City’, and more. ‘Oh, Lucy!’ was his last work.
His family stated that he used to love his work and was living a happy life. They will be fighting till they get justice. Many celebs have died after being involved in such accidents. Rapper XXXTentacion was shot outside a motorsport store which shocked his fans. Beatles singer John Lennon was also murdered in New York in a robbery attempt. Many celebrities have been a victim of such situations and many survived. However, it is quite dangerous. The cases were solved and all of the criminals were put behind bars.