The feds have charged a man accused of murdering a Ukrainian immigrant on a Charlotte light rail train.
A federal criminal complaint was filed in U.S. District Court in Charlotte, charging Decarlos Dejuan Brown Jr., 34, with a federal crime in connection with the fatal attack of Iryna Zarutska on the city’s light rail system. Brown is charged with one count of committing an act causing death on a mass transportation system.
Prosecutors allege that at about 9:55 p.m. on Aug. 22, officers with the Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department responded to a call for service related to an assault that occurred on the Lynx Blue Line light rail in Charlotte. Callers indicated that a male had stabbed a woman.
Responding officers located the victim inside the railcar. The victim, subsequently identified as Zarutska, had sustained fatal stab wounds. A pocketknife and other items were collected from the scene.
Investigators reviewed surveillance footage that showed the victim entering the light rail car and sitting down in the row in front of Brown. Approximately four minutes later, Brown pulled a knife from his pocket and unfolded it before striking the victim three times from behind.
Following the attack, Brown walked away from the victim. Responding officers located Brown on the light rail platform, and he was arrested.
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