The U.S. Attorney’s Office and the FBI have announced that the man accused of killing Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska last month on a North Carolina commuter train has been charged with a federal crime.
At a Tuesday press conference, Russ Ferguson, U.S. attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, said that Decarlos Brown Jr. has been charged with committing an act causing death on a mass transportation system.
“Decarlos Brown Jr., who we allege stabbed Iryna Zarutska, is in state custody on first-degree murder charges, but I’m here today to announce that we are going to supplement those state charges with federal charges,” Ferguson said. “These federal charges will go alongside the murder case in state court, and we hope that they will ensure justice for Iryna, for her family and for the whole Charlotte community.”
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