The Department of Justice announced federal charges on Tuesday, Sept. 9 ...

Decarlos Brown Jr. found incompetent to stand trial earlier this summer ...

A wrongful-death lawsuit has been filed in Mecklenburg County Superior Court on behalf of the estate of Iryna Zarutska, the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hundreds gather at a candlelight vigil in Charlotte, North Carolina, on September 22, 2025, for Iryna Zarutska, a 23-year-old ...

Iryna Zarutska boards a Blue Line train in Charlotte around 9:45 p.m. on Aug. 22 in this screenshot of footage released to media outlets. Zarutska was fatally stabbed multiple times after she sat down ...

U.S. Attorney Russ Ferguson told the public that Brown will remain in custody during the duration of his treatment. In an address to reporters, Ferguson said he is confident that Brown will eventually ...

Relatives of woman fatally stabbed on public transit allege death was preventable and city knew of violent crime issue ...

A year after Iryna Zarutska's stabbing death on a Charlotte train, North Carolina faces mounting pressure over repeat offenders and pretrial release.

The man accused of killing a young woman on a North Carolina light-rail train has been deemed incompetent to stand trial in his federal case following a mental evaluation. Decarlos Brown Jr., 34, is ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — Saturday, Aug. 22, marks one year since 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska was fatally stabbed on a Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS) LYNX Blue Line light rail car. The ...