Seventeen-year-old Reginald "RJ" Harrell Jr. was fatally stabbed by a 16-year-old co-worker during an altercation at a Cypress McDonald's on Oct. 7; he was pronounced dead at the scene and the younger co-worker was detained while authorities investigate and no charges have been announced.

RJ's family has retained attorneys Ben Crump and Aaron Dekle, who are probing McDonald's workplace.