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Charlotte Police Release 911 Calls From Fatal Light-Rail Stabbing of Iryna Zarutska

The newly released recordings capture frantic first-hand accounts that align with police findings of an unprovoked attack.

Overview

  • The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department published multiple 911 recordings from the moments after the Aug. 22 killing on the Lynx Blue Line.
  • Callers reported chaotic scenes, saying the 23-year-old victim was unresponsive and bleeding heavily as passengers tried to apply pressure to her wounds.
  • Some callers provided suspect details, including an orange hoodie and dreadlocks, and told dispatchers a man was pacing on the opposite platform.
  • Police say the stabbing happened around 10:30 p.m. aboard the train, the victim died at the scene, and investigators say the victim and suspect were strangers.
  • Decarlos Brown Jr., 34, was arrested shortly after the attack and now faces state first-degree murder and a federal mass-transportation death charge that the Justice Department says could carry the death penalty.