CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — Transit safety will be the focus of a special meeting in Uptown Charlotte Wednesday morning.

The meeting comes about a week and a half after a woman, 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska, was fatally stabbed while riding the Blue Line in South End.

Shannon Binns, a transit advocate with Sustain Charlotte, called the murder of Zarutska devastating, noting this violent attack was a dramatic escalation from other crime scenes on public transit in the Queen City.

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“This is just so unusual. So exceedingly rare. I think that added a whole nother level of shock,” said Binns.

Public shock is likely what motivated Mayor Vi Lyles to call a special meeting of the Metropolitan Transit Commis

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