CHARLOTTE, N.C. — More details have been released about a deadly stabbing on the LYNX Blue Line train in South End after the murder suspect was formally arrested.

Decarlos Brown, 34, was indicted for one charge of first-degree murder on Thursday in Mecklenburg County. Brown was taken into custody after the stabbing, but was awaiting medical release before he was formally charged.

Brown is accused of killing Iryna Zarutska, 23, on Friday, Aug. 22, around 10 p.m. near the station along Camden Road where West Boulevard and East Boulevard meet in South End.

Security video of the incident shows that Zarutska got on the train and sat directly in front of Brown, according to a police affidavit. After about four minutes, Brown stood up and stabbed Zarutska three times in the throat with a poc

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