CHARLOTTE, NC (LOOTPRESS) — Federal prosecutors have filed charges against Decarlos Dejuan Brown Jr., 34, in connection with the fatal stabbing of 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska aboard a Charlotte light rail train last month.

Brown is charged with committing an act causing death on a mass transportation system, a federal offense that carries a maximum penalty of life in prison or the death penalty if convicted.

According to court documents, the attack happened on August 22, 2025, around 9:55 p.m. on the Lynx Blue Line. Surveillance footage shows Zarutska entering the train and sitting down in front of Brown. Minutes later, investigators say, Brown pulled a pocketknife from his pocket and stabbed her three times from behind. She collapsed from her injuries and died at the scene.

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