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I've never seen a confirmed BHS so that's what first came to mind when I saw this with its red berries - hopefully someone can have a better guess than me
With just a pic of the bark, PictureThis said common buckthorn. The berries on all the buckthorn i've seen has longer peduncles though and usually smaller looking purple fruit.
You guys are hilarious. I would concur with Common Winterberry. Also, I would agree that a good test for bush honeysuckle is to look for the hollow stem.