DETROIT – A 31-year-old man has been charged in a mass stabbing at a Detroit party that killed two people.
Background: Argument over woman leads to deadly mass stabbing at Detroit pool party
Daiwan Lemane Hopson was charged with two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of attempted murder.
The charges stem from the deaths of 25-year-old Martisha Payne and 31-year-old Jakirea Williams, along with the non-fatal stabbings of two men.
Williams was reportedly hosting the party, which was intended as a gathering of family and friends. He was trying to break up a fight when he was killed.
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It happened just before 10 p.m., Aug. 9, at a home near the intersection of Seven Mile Road and Fleming Street. Police believe Hopson pulled out a knife and stabbed one man multiple times during an argument in the backyard before stabbing three others in the front yard.
He was arrested less than a week later.
If convicted, he faces the possibility of spending the rest of his life in prison.
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