Woman Stabbed & Killed on North Carolina Bus in Chilling Video

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This woman was stabbed to death on a train by this man in Charlotte, North Carolina. And it has sparked national outrage and very, very big conversations. Because while this actually happened last month, the video showing the moments before the attack,

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they were just released. And it's now tying into a lot of what else we're seeing in the country. So the woman here is a Ukrainian refugee named Irina Zorutska. She reportedly fled Kiev in 2022. And on August 22nd, a little before 10 PM, she boarded the Charlotte Area Transit System's Blue Line.

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She ended up sitting down right in front of the man who would end up taking her life. And you had a detective explaining in an affidavit what happened next, saying the train travels for approximately four and a half minutes

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before the suspect pulls knife from his pocket, unfolds the knife, pauses, then stands up and strikes at the victim three times. With the matting, blood visibly drips on the floor as the defendant walks away from the victim. The victim goes unresponsive shortly after the attack. There appears to be no interaction between the victim and defendant. And then as far as the killer,

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he is 34 year old DeCarlos Brown. And a very big thing that's been highlighted here is that according to reports, he has 14 previous court cases in just Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. Like in 2015, for example, he was sentenced to six years in prison for robbery with a dangerous weapon, breaking and entering, and larceny. You also have his mom telling reporters

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that he changed when he got home from prison, saying he started saying weird things. He started saying that he wasn't in his body, saying he became aggressive and she was actually able to get an involuntary commitment order from the courts,

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and saying that when he underwent psychiatric monitoring for two weeks, diagnosed with schizophrenia. But then ultimately he ended up getting released and he became so aggressive that she said she had no choice but to kick him out, leaving him homeless. And then as far as his most recent arrest, it was for misusing 911, where according to a January arrest record, he told responding officers that he believed

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someone gave him man-made material that was inside his body, controlling when he ate, walked, and talked. But despite all that, he was reportedly never hospitalized or jailed following that call. And his mom has actually blamed the court for allowing her son to be out in the community, knowing his previous arrests and mental health issues, and saying that Zorucka's death could have been prevented.

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But with all that said, as far as this guy, he's been charged with first degree murder. And his lawyer said that he'll file a motion for an evaluation of his competency to stand trial for an evaluation of his competency to stand trial because of his long history of mental health issues.

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