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DOJ Files Federal Charge Carrying Possible Death Penalty in Charlotte Train Killing

DeCarlos Brown Jr., with 14 prior arrests and mental illness, faces federal charges after fatally stabbing Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska on a Charlotte train, raising transit safety concerns.

  • Federal prosecutors charged Decarlos Brown Jr. with one count of committing an act causing death on a mass transportation system after the stabbing of Iryna Zarutska in Charlotte.
  • Attorney General Pam Bondi stated that Zarutska's murder reflects failed soft-on-crime policies that prioritize criminals over innocent individuals.
  • Iryna Zarutska was stabbed to death on August 22 while on a light rail train returning from work.
  • The Department of Justice filed federal charges against Decarlos Brown for the murder of Iryna Zarutska, as confirmed by Attorney General Pam Bondi.
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Federal hate crime charge sought in Charlotte stabbing

(The Center Square) – When a federal charge was levied this week against Decarlos Brown Jr. in the killing of Iryna Zarutska on a Charlotte light rail, authorities said more charges were possible.

DeCarlos Brown Jr. has been charged with federal murder in the shooting death of a Ukrainian soldier on a train in Charlotte.

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Suspect of the macabre stabbing of a young woman on a light train from Charlotte, North Carolina, now faces a federal charge in a case that has become a political lightning rod in the country she had...

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Tracy Brown, who was attacked by her older brother in 2022, during which he bit her and broke a door, described him as a paranoid schizophrenic while revealing that he told her that the government had implanted a chip in him.

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Axios broke the news in Washington, United States on Thursday, September 4, 2025.
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