US EditionCharlotte hit with another light rail stabbing, suspect identified as previously deported illegal immigrant
Oscar Solarzano, 33, charged with attempted murder after stabbing a passenger on Charlotte's Lynx Blue Line; victim is in stable condition, police said.
- 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 Stabbing Horror, Illegal Immigrant Charged in Rail Attack
Charlotte was thrust back into the national spotlight Friday after a man illegally in the country was arrested in connection with a brutal stabbing aboard the city’s light rail system. The incident occurred just hours after Estella Patterson was sworn in as the new chief of police, highlighting renewed concerns over transit safety and immigration enforcement. According to Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police, 33-year-old Oscar Solarzano was charged with…
Suspect, identified as Oscar Solarzano, faces charges of attempted murder after attacking a man inside a car
New Stabbing on Charlotte Train Gets Trump's Attention
Police in North Carolina have charged a 33-year-old man with critically injuring another person in a stabbing on a Charlotte commuter train—just a few months after a fatal stabbing on a different city train . The latest assault did not escape President Trump's notice on Saturday. Oscar Solarzano, 33, was...
REPEAT ILLEGAL STRIKES AGAIN: Man Stabbed to Death On Same Charlotte Train Line As Previous Murder Victim Iryna Zarutska
A man previously deported from the United States and later found back in the country illegally is accused of viciously stabbing a victim in the chest last night on Charlotte’s light-rail system — the same transit line where Iryna Zarutska was murdered just months ago. The attack has reignited outrage over repeat-offender failures and the breakdown of immigration enforcement that allowed a previously removed illegal to return and allegedly commit…
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USA TodaySuspect arrested in NC light rail stabbing, months after separate killing on train
Police in Charlotte, North Carolina, arrested a 33-year-old man in connection with a stabbing aboard a light rail train, just four months after a Ukrainian refugee was killed in a separate attack on the city’s transportation system.
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