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(NewsNation) — Police successful Charlotte, North Carolina, are investigating a random execution that took spot connected the city's airy obstruction strategy past month.
Iryna Zarutska, a 23-year-old Ukrainian exile who came to the United States pursuing the Russian penetration of her country, was fatally stabbed connected her mode location from enactment adjacent to 10 p.m. connected Aug. 22, according to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department.
Surveillance video released by Charlotte Area Transit shows the pistillate boarding a airy obstruction Lynx car and sitting down successful beforehand of a man, identified arsenic 34-year-old Decarlos Brown Jr. After astir 5 minutes, the video shows Brown pulling retired a folding weapon and attacking her.
Police accidental helium stabbed Zarutska 3 times, including a fatal stroke to the neck, earlier walking the magnitude of the bid and exiting. Transit constabulary arrived wrong minutes, but she was pronounced dead.
Brown, who constabulary accidental is stateless and has a transgression record, was arrested and charged with murder.
His astir caller brushwood with constabulary was successful January, erstwhile helium was charged with misusing 911 during a intelligence wellness occurrence but was ne'er hospitalized oregon jailed.
Decarlos Brown Jr. was arrested successful transportation with the fatal stabbing of Iryna Zarutska, a 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee. (Courtesy Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Office and Charlotte Transit Authority)Officials are searching for a motive.
Zarutska's household created a GoFundMe to assistance wage for ceremonial expenses. As of Sunday morning, it has raised much than $48,000.
Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles issued a statement connected Saturday, saying, "The video of the heartbreaking onslaught that took Iryna Zarutska’s beingness is present public."
"Like truthful galore of you, I’m heartbroken — and I’ve been reasoning hard astir what information truly looks similar successful our city. I stay committed to doing each we tin to support our residents and guarantee Charlotte is simply a spot wherever everyone feels safe," Lyles continued.
A spokesperson for Charlotte's Lynx transit strategy said this week that the bureau is short-staffed by 35 people, astir 15% shy of what they see to beryllium an perfect fig of police.
