Local leaders react to Iryna Zarutska murder

Flower Mound-based state and federal officials reacted to the shocking murder of a young Ukrainian refugee that occurred last month on a Charlotte, NC commuter train.

Iryna Zarutska, 23, was stabbed to death by repeat offender Decarlos Brown Jr., 34, in a horrifying, caught-on-camera killing, which has left her family calling for a solution to systemic failures in the city’s public safety.

The deranged homeless man was free on cashless bail after a magistrate released him with just a “written promise” to show up for court — despite a nearly two-decade history of violence and mental illness…

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