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Charlotte hit with another light rail stabbing, suspect identified as previously deported illegal immigrant

Suspect in Charlotte light rail stabbing had been previously deported, intensifying calls for stricter immigration enforcement and transit security.

  • On Friday, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police arrested Oscar Solarzano, 33, after a Lynx Blue Line stabbing and charged him with attempted first-degree murder; the victim was hospitalized and Solarzano is due in court Monday, December 8.
  • Investigators say Solarzano broke into a rail car on the Lynx Blue Line with a large fixed-blade knife and, while intoxicated, shouted and challenged Kenyon Kareem-Shemar Dobie before the attack around 4:50 p.m. Friday.
  • A Mecklenburg District Court judicial official marked Oscar Solarzano as 'an illegal' who 'has been deported previously' and noted bond limits under Mecklenburg County rules.
  • After being interviewed, Solarzano was moved into Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Office custody and is set for Immigration and Customs Enforcement transfer post-Dec. 8 hearing; officials urged witnesses to call Charlotte Crime Stoppers at 704-334-1600.
  • The incident follows the Aug. 22 stabbing of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska, prompting Trump to post `Another stabbing by an Illegal Migrant in Charlotte, North Carolina` and happening during Operation Charlotte's Web, which has at least 425 arrests as of Dec. 3.
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Charlotte hit with another light rail stabbing, suspect identified as previously deported illegal immigrant

Oscar Solarzano, was arrested in connection with a stabbing on the Charlotte, North Carolina, light rail. Court records show he is an illegal immigrant who was previously deported.

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