Surveillance video shows Ukrainian refugee stabbed on Charlotte train

A new obsessive video shows the last moments of the life of a Ukrainian refugee before she was stabbed to death on a Light Rail Charlotte train last month.

The surveillance images, published by the Carlotte Area Transit System (CATS), show Iryna Zarutska, 23, aboard the Lynx Bline line just after 9:45 p.m. Friday, August 22.

The images show Zarutska in his pizzeria uniform while scrolling through his phone. A man in a red hooded sweatshirt is seen behind her.

About four minutes later, the man takes out a knife and begins to stab Zarutska three times, including at least once in the neck.

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Surveillance images showing the moment when a young Ukrainian woman was stabbed to death during a random attack against the Lynx Blue Line on Friday August 22, 2025. (Newsnation via the transit system in the Charlotte region)

Zarutska, who had fled Ukraine-Town, the city of war, catches his neck while the blood pours on the ground. The authorities then pronounced it on the scene.

The video shows the suspect through the wagon, takes off his sweatshirt and wait through the doors while the passengers look.

The suspect, identified as DeCarlos Brown, 34, was arrested shortly after stabbing and hospitalized before being arrested for first degree murder.

The Iryna Zarutska Ukrainian came to the United States to escape the war, but was stabbed to death in Charlotte on Friday. (Evgeniya Rush on Gofundme)

The files obtained by the New York Post have shown that Brown has history of arrests that go back more than a decade, including accusations of crime, theft with a dangerous weapon and communication threats. Police said Brown and Zarutska did not know each other and that the attack had been random.

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Zarutska’s death has renewed calls for public security action in Charlotte. The members of the Municipal Council of Charlotte expressed their concern after the murder of Zarutska concerning violence on the city’s public transport system.

LR: a mugshot of Brown Decarlos; Surveillance images showing Brown on light trains. (Bureau of the Sheriff of the County of Mecklenburg; cats)

Representative Brenden Jones, a republican who represents the region, blamed Zarutska’s death on “the result of decades of Das and Democratic sheriffs putting their programs awake above public security”.

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He wrote on X that “violent criminals commit crimes with impunity, while families live in fear”.

Emma Bussey of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.