Overview

• CATS surveillance shows Iryna Zarutska boarding at 9:46 p.m. on Aug. 22 and being attacked minutes later on the Lynx Blue Line.
• Police report she was stabbed three times, at least once in the neck, and a folding knife was recovered near the platform where the suspect exited.
• Decarlos Brown Jr. was treated for a hand injury, arrested soon after, and remains jailed after a judge denied bond, according to reports.
• Zarutska, 23, had recently arrived from Ukraine seeking safety, her family said on a GoFundMe that has drawn tens of thousands of dollars in donations.
• CATS announced a new safety chief, a tripled security budget, and camera upgrades, and the City Council will consider expanded police patrols on Sept. 22; Spectrum News reported a six-minute police response and guards in a different car.