Teen stabbed to death by McDonald's co-worker on a night he was not even supposed to be there: Police

A Texas teen is successful jailhouse aft constabulary arrested him for allegedly stabbing different teenager to death.

The Harris County Sheriff's Office said a 16-year-old antheral suspect was charged with execution successful transportation with the decease of 17-year-old Reginald "RJ" Harrell. RJ, who was identified by his family during an interrogation with section CBS affiliate KHOU, was moving astatine a McDonald's edifice successful Cypress, Texas, connected Wednesday nighttime erstwhile helium reportedly got into a combat with the suspect. In a post connected Facebook, Harris County Constable, Precinct 4, said constabulary responded to calls astir a stabbing and recovered RJ successful the bath with aggregate stab wounds.

RJ was pronounced dormant astatine the scene, and the fishy was taken into custody.

Police confirmed that RJ and the fishy worked together. RJ's household told KHOU that connected the nighttime helium was killed, helium was not expected to beryllium working.

Details astir wherefore the 2 teenagers were warring person not been made public. The teenage fishy is presently successful custody astatine the Harris County Juvenile Detention Center.

In an interrogation with KHOU, RJ's mother, Denisha Dennis, said of her youngest child, "He did not person to spell retired similar this. He didn't person to beryllium murdered. He did not merit this astatine all." She added, "I privation the kid responsible. I privation justness for my son."

RJ's sister, Kourtnee Dennis, told KHOU, "I would person ne'er thought that the past clip helium walked retired my doorway to spell to enactment would beryllium the past clip that I spot him and speech to him."

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The McDonald's wherever some teens worked was temporarily closed pursuing RJ's death. In a connection obtained by KHOU, McDonald's owner-operator Michael Gutierrez said, "We are saddened by this tragedy, and our hearts are with the victim's loved ones and each those impacted. Right now, our absorption is connected the well-being of our edifice employees, and supporting them arsenic they process these events."