Overview

• Suspect Decarlos Brown Jr., 34, has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder, and a judge ordered at least 60 days of psychiatric evaluation.
• The FBI says it has investigated the case since day one, and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced a USDOT probe into Charlotte’s transit safety practices.
• Newly released surveillance video shows an unprovoked knife attack on 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska aboard the Lynx Blue Line on August 22.
• President Donald Trump and allies are using the killing to press a broader crime crackdown and to fault Democratic officials for policies they say enabled the suspect’s release.
• Charlotte leaders pledged near-term security steps for CATS, citing a 35-officer shortfall and plans for bike units and urban terrain vehicles, while noting courts and magistrates failed even as police report recent declines in several violent crime categories.