Ukrainian refugee killed in random stabbing on North Carolina train

(NewsNation) — Police in Charlotte, North Carolina, are investigating a random homicide that took park at the town’s bright rail machine utmost time.

Iryna Zarutska, a 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee who got here to the US following the Russian invasion of her nation, was once fatally stabbed on her method house from paintings akin to ten p.m. on Aug. 22, according to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department.

Surveillance video spared via Charlotte Segment Transit displays the lady boarding a bright rail Lynx automobile and sitting ill in entrance of a person, recognized as 34-year-old Decarlos Brown Jr. Upcoming just about 5 mins, the video displays Brown pulling out a folding knife and attacking her.

Police say he stabbed Zarutska thrice, together with a gruesome fribble away to the neck, ahead of strolling the area of the teach and exiting. Transit police arrived inside of mins, however she was once pronounced useless.

Brown, who police say is homeless and has a legal file, was once arrested and charged with homicide.

His most up-to-date come upon with police was once in January, when he was once charged with misusing 911 all through a psychological condition episode however was once by no means hospitalized or jailed.

Officers are in search of a purpose.

Zarutska’s folk created a GoFundMe to support pay for funeral bills. As of Sunday morning, it has raised greater than $48,000.

Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles issued a statement on Saturday, pronouncing, “The video of the heartbreaking attack that took Iryna Zarutska’s life is now public.”

“Like so many of you, I’m heartbroken — and I’ve been thinking hard about what safety really looks like in our city. I remain committed to doing all we can to protect our residents and ensure Charlotte is a place where everyone feels safe,” Lyles endured.

A spokesperson for Charlotte’s Lynx transit machine stated this while that the company is short-staffed via 35 public, just about 15% shy of what they imagine to be an excellent choice of police.