Arrest made in New Year’s fatal shooting of 4-year-old Arlington Police Department BY: BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC NEWS (ARLINGTON, TX.) — The Arlington Police Department has made an arrest in connection to the shooting death of 4-year-old Messiah Taplin. On Friday afternoon, 21-year-old Zantyler Foster-Hooks was booked into the Arlington City Jail on one count of manslaughter. Based on evidence gathered at the scene and statements the suspect allegedly made to detectives, a warrant was issued for his arrest. He was taken into custody without incident a short time later, according to a statement from Arlington police. The 4-year-old boy was killed in an Arlington, Texas, apartment in the first hour of the new year when police say he was apparently shot by a man dancing and celebrating with a firearm just after the clock struck midnight.