Both sides now agree on a competency determination for the man accused of killing Iryna Zarutska aboard a Charlotte Lynx Blue Line train in 2025.

Decarlos Brown is charged at the state and federal levels for the stabbing death of 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska in August 2025 ...

Since DeCarlos Brown's arrest, there’s been a battle over whether he has the mental capacity to understand the charges ...

There’s a good chance that the man charged with killing Iryna Zarutska could be restored to competency for trial, a federal ...

Long-serving Charlotte, North Carolina Mayor Vi Lyles, who faced calls to resign after urging compassion for the deranged ...

Decarlos Brown, the man charged in the stabbing death of Iryna Zarutska, has been deemed incompetent to stand trial in ...

Defense requests federal competency hearing for DeCarlos Brown Jr. He is accused of killing a Ukrainian woman on a Charlotte ...

DeCarlos Brown is charged federally with violence against a railroad carrier resulting in death, a charge that carries a ...

Federal mental health examiners determined in part that he cannot make rational decisions because of his mental illness.

The man accused of fatally stabbing Iryna Zarutska, a Ukrainian refugee murdered while riding a North Carolina light rail train in 2025, has been found “incapable to proceed” with his pending state ...

Decarlos Brown Jr., accused of fatally stabbing Iryna Zarutska on a Charlotte light-rail train, was deemed incompetent for ...