Chilling video shows moments before Ukrainian refugee stabbed to death on Charlotte light rail
A haunting new video shows the last moments of a Ukrainian refugee s life before she was stabbed to death on a Charlotte light rail train last month The surveillance footage circulated by the Carlotte Area Transit System CATS shows -year-old Iryna Zarutska boarding the Lynx Bline line just after p m on Friday August The footage shows Zarutska in her pizzeria uniform while scrolling on her phone A man in a red hoodie is seen sitting behind her Around four minutes later the man pulls out a knife and begins stabbing Zarutska three times including at least once in the neck AMERICAN STABBED DEFENDING WOMEN ON GERMAN TRAM CRITICIZES IMMIGRATION POLICIES AFTER SUSPECT RELEASEDZarutska who had fled war-town Ukraine grabs her neck as blood spills onto the floor Government later pronounced her dead at the scene The video shows the suspect walk through the rail car take off his sweatshirt and wait by the doors as passengers look on The suspect identified as -year-old Decarlos Brown was arrested shortly after the stabbing and hospitalized before being arrested on a charge of first-degree murder Records obtained by The New York Post established that Brown has a history of arrests going back more than a decade including charges of felony larceny robbery with a dangerous weapon and communicating threats Police explained Brown and Zarutska did not know each other and the attack had been random GILGO BEACH SUSPECT REX HEUERMANN LOSES BID TO TOSS DNA EVIDENCE AT UPCOMING MURDER TRIALZarutska s death has renewed calls for action on inhabitants safety in Charlotte Members of the Charlotte City Council expressed concern after Zarutska s murder about violence on the city s transit system Rep Brenden Jones a Republican who represents the area blamed Zarutska s death on the consequence of decades of Democrat Das and Sheriffs putting their woke agendas above citizens safety He wrote on X that Violent criminals commit crimes with impunity while families live in fear Fox News Digital s Emma Bussey contributed to this analysis
