Overview

• A Mecklenburg County grand jury indicted Decarlos Brown Jr. on Sept. 15 for first-degree murder in the Aug. 22 stabbing of 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska on the CATS Blue Line.
• Surveillance video shows no prior interaction before the attack, and Brown remains held without bond while a court-ordered psychiatric evaluation and commitment proceed.
• Federal prosecutors have charged Brown with causing death on a mass transportation system, a death-penalty-eligible offense, and Attorney General Pam Bondi says the government will seek the maximum penalty.
• The House Judiciary Committee’s oversight panel will hold a field hearing in Charlotte on Sept. 29, with Chairman Jeff Van Drew saying it will examine crime and criminal justice policies.
• Ukrainian border authorities say Zarutska’s father received assistance to travel and is now in the United States, rejecting earlier reports that he was blocked from leaving Ukraine.