The gruesome killing of a 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee that happened last month in Charlotte, North Carolina, recently gained national attention, prompting comments from President Donald Trump as he doubles down on his crime control efforts.

According to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, Iryna Zarutska was stabbed in an unprovoked attack on Aug. 22 shortly after she boarded a Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS) light rail train.

The incident happened just before 10 p.m. in the city's South End. Zarutska was pronounced dead at the scene with multiple stab wounds, and a suspect was taken into custody.

Later, police said 34-year-old Decarlos Brown Jr has been charged with first-degree murder in the case.

Zarutska's obituary stated she was born in Kyiv, but she emigrated from

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