The 13-year-old was shot in the head while eating lunch near a basketball court in Stapleton Heights on Staten Island.
On Saturday, friends and family gathered for a candlelight vigil in honor of the eighth grader.
A few days after the shooting, police arrested the 16-year-old accused of firing the bullet that killed Harrell.
Detectives will investigate the case as a homicide.
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