President Donald Trump is demanding the suspect who was charged for fatally stabbing a 23-year-old Ukrainian girl on a Charlotte gentle rail be “awarded THE DEATH PENALTY.”
“The ANIMAL who so violently killed the attractive younger woman from Ukraine, who got here to America looking for peace and security, needs to be given a ‘Fast’ (there is no such thing as a doubt!) Trial, and solely awarded THE DEATH PENALTY. There will be no different choice!!!” Trump stated in a social media submit on Wednesday.
Decarlos Brown Jr., 34, who was arrested on Aug. 22 after he fatally stabbed 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska, was charged by the U.S. Legal professional’s Workplace within the Western District of North Carolina with committing an act inflicting loss of life on a mass transportation system, which might make him eligible for the loss of life penalty, the Division of Justice stated Tuesday.
Iryna Zarutska in a photograph posted to her Instagram.
Iryna Zarutska/Instagram
“This brutal assault on an harmless girl merely making an attempt to get to her vacation spot is an assault on the American lifestyle. In fact, crimes like this have an effect on the sufferer probably the most — Iryna deserves justice, and we are going to carry justice to her and her household,” U.S. Legal professional Russ Ferguson stated in a press release on Tuesday.
There was no obvious interplay between Brown and Zarutska earlier than the unprovoked stabbing, officers stated.
Ferguson described the incident Tuesday as a “terroristic act” and stated he and North Carolina FBI Particular Agent James Barnacle Jr. spoke to Zarutska’s mom and uncle to alert them of the federal costs. Ferguson stated the household is “struggling like several of us can be.”
Decarlos Brown Jr., 34, was arrested on Aug. 22 for stabbing a 23-year-old girl on Charlotte’s gentle rail, in response to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Division.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Division
Zarutska’s household stated in a press release on Tuesday they’re “heartbroken past phrases” and are “calling consideration to a broader disaster in public security and systemic failure.”
“Iryna got here right here to seek out peace and security, and as an alternative her life was stolen from her in probably the most horrific means. No household ought to must undergo this,” the household stated.
