US EditionFederal Indictment in Charlotte Light-Rail Killing Makes Suspect Eligible for Death Penalty
- On Wednesday, a federal grand jury indicted Decarlos Brown Jr., 34, in U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina on Violence Against a Railroad Carrier and Mass Transportation System Resulting in Death, making him eligible for the death penalty.
- The Aug. 22 attack targeted a 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee, Iryna Zarutska, who was stabbed aboard the LYNX Blue Line light rail in Charlotte while studying English.
- Responding officers found and arrested Brown on the light rail platform after the attack, and the victim was pronounced dead at the scene, prosecutors say.
- A hearing on fitness to stand trial was pushed back to April 2026, as defense counsel for Brown filed a competency evaluation motion and he remains in custody since Aug. 22.
- Last month, the North Carolina General Assembly passed Iryna's Law and Gov. Stein signed it on Oct. 3, while the victim's family welcomed the federal indictment amid calls for transit safety reforms.
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‘I Got That White Girl’ Murder Suspect Faces Death Penalty.
from The National Pulse: WHAT HAPPENED: A career criminal was indicted on federal charges after fatally stabbing a Ukrainian refugee aboard a train in Charlotte, North Carolina. 👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Decarlos Brown Jr., 34, and Iryna Zarutska, 23, who fled Ukraine in 2022. 📍WHEN & WHERE: The attack occurred on August 22, 2025, aboard a Lynx Blue Line train in […]
Publications on social networks suggest that the man who killed Ukrainian refugees in August 2025 was sentenced to death, as he had asked in the social networks Trump: "Justice was done." Is it true?
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Carolina Coast OnlineGrand jury indicts Decarlos Brown in Charlotte light-rail killing
In addition to the newly returned state indictment, federal prosecutors filed a criminal complaint on Sept. 9, 2025, charging Brown with the federal crime of causing death on a mass‐transportation system.
Suspect in Fatal Stabbing of Ukrainian Refugee Indicted on Capital Murder Charges
A North Carolina man accused of fatally stabbing a 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee on a Charlotte train was indicted by a federal grand jury on capital murder charges on Oct. 22. Decarlos Dejuan Brown Jr., 34, was charged with one count of Violence Against a Railroad Carrier and Mass Transportation System Resulting in Death under Title 18 of the United States Code, Section 1992. The offense carries the death penalty, and if convicted by a unanimou…
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