Warning: This article includes distressing content and transcripts of 911 calls related to a fatal stabbing. Listener discretion is strongly advised.

CHARLOTTE (QUEEN CITY NEWS) -- Newly released 911 calls reveal the chaotic and terrifying moments after a woman was fatally stabbed on the Charlotte light rail back in August.

The attack occurred on August 22, 2025, at the East/West Station in South End.

Iryna Zarutska, 23, was riding the Blue Line when surveillance video shows that she was stabbed by 34-year-old Decarlos Brown Jr. Additional footage released in September later showed Brown walking along the platform with his hands wrapped in a red sweatshirt.

Witnesses can be seen rushing to get help as police later approach and arrest Brown with guns drawn. Queen City News has now obtai

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