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2 denied bond after man stabbed to death with broken bottle at Detroit liquor store

Argument leads to deadly attack

Steven Lewis Hooks and Bernice Shaneka Chenevert (WDIV)

DETROIT – Two Detroiters are facing charges in connection with a deadly stabbing at a liquor store on the city’s west side.

It happened March 10, just before midnight, at a liquor store on Livernois Avenue.

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According to authorities, 31-year-old Bernice Shaneka Chenevert got into an argument with a man inside the liquor store and gave 54-year-old Steven Lewis Hooks a broken bottle. Hooks reportedly used the bottle to stab 40-year-old Cordell Harris in the neck multiple times.

Harris was rushed to a hospital, where he died from his injuries.

On Friday, March 13, Hooks and Chenevert were both charged with first-degree murder. They were denied bond and remanded to jail.

The two are scheduled to return to court March 23.

If convicted, they face the possibility of life in prison.