CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — Nearly two weeks after a deadly stabbing on Charlotte’s Blue Line light rail, leaders from across the Charlotte metro met to review and discuss safety and security on public transit.

23-year-old Iryna Zarutska was fatally stabbed on the light rail in South End the night of August 22. The violent attack is what spurred Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles to call a special meeting of the Metro Transit Commission on Wednesday morning.

“This is time for us to really take a moment and say what are the things we can do immediately and what are the things we have to do incrementally,” said Lyles.

CATS officials told the commission that since December, they have implemented a transit policing model with 186 armed and unarmed security officers on staff.

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