<p>ALLEN PARK, Mich. — A man has been charged after authorities said he stomped a parakeet to death inside a Detroit-area pet shop.</p>
<p>Ali Chehade, 22, of Dearborn, was awaiting arraignment Thursday for third-degree animal killing, the Wayne County prosecutor’s office said. The Associated Press was unable to immediately determine whether Chehade had an attorney.</p>
<p>Police who responded to the Allen Park pet shop on May 18 for an animal cruelty complaint found the parakeet inside a smashed cardboard box. Store owner Michael Simms said a man came in upset and wanted a $30 refund for the bird.</p>
<p>“I calmed him down and continued to tell him, ‘I’ll give you credit. You can get anything in the store and I’ll make sure the bird is OK,’” <a href="https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2021/05/25/man-stomps-bird-to-death-after-allen-park-pet-store-wouldnt-give-30-refund/">Simms told</a> WDIV-TV. “With how irate he was, I didn’t know how he was going to care for it. I was more worried about the animal than anything.”</p>
<p>But when Simms opened the box, he saw that the parakeet had a bloody wing. In an encounter recorded on store surveillance video, the man grabbed the box, threw it to floor and stomped on it before leaving.</p>
