CHARLOTTE, N.C. — In the days and weeks after the killing of Iryna Zarutska, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department records show other light rail riders reported getting bitten, hit in the face, robbed at gunpoint and forced to touch a person's genitals on and around the light rail.

Decarlos Brown, 34, is accused of fatally stabbing the 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee on Aug. 22 on the LYNX Blue Line in South End. Brown was arrested and charged with murder after the incident and was indicted earlier this week. He also faces a federal charge prosecutors said could result in the death penalty.

The stabbing gained national attention after CATS released surveillance video of the attack.

The video shows Brown stabbing Zarutska multiple times in the neck while she sat wearing earbuds and looki

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