SHE FLED A WAR IN UKRAINE TO BUILD A NEW LIFE IN AMERICA, BUT AT JUST 23 YEARS OLD, IRYNA ZARUTSKA WAS MURD€RED WHILE RIDING A TRAIN HOME.
Iryna was a Ukrainian refugee who moved to Charlotte, North Carolina, hoping for a safer future after Russia invaded her homeland.
On August 22, 2025, she boarded the Lynx Blue Line light rail. Surveillance footage showed Decarlos Brown Jr. allegedly att@cking her just minutes later. She was fatally st@bbed and d!ed at the scene.
Brown was arrested and charged with murd€r. In June 2026, a federal judge ruled that he was not mentally competent to stand trial at that time and ordered treatment.
In August 2026, Iryna’s family filed a lawsuit against the City of Charlotte and its transit security contractor, alleging inadequate security contributed to her death.
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