"Nevertheless, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt chose to open the Tuesday news conference with the brutal murder of a Ukrainian refugee, Iryna Zarutska, who was stabbed to death without any apparent motive on a commuter train in Charlotte (North Carolina) by DeCarlos Brown Jr., a 35-year-old African-American with a history of mental illness and a lengthy record of previous arrests for crimes such as felony larceny, and robbery with a dangerous weapon."
"In it, Zarutska, 23, is seen entering the train car dressed in the uniform of the pizzeria where she worked; she sits down and, in a familiar gesture, becomes absorbed in her cell phone. Suddenly, the man sitting behind her stands up and stabs her three times. She looks at him in terror before collapsing on the spot as he calmly walks away down the train car. In the footage released by the media, the image freezes just before the first blow."
Karoline Leavitt opened a White House news conference by focusing on the brutal murder of 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska, stabbed to death on a Charlotte commuter train. The attacker, DeCarlos Brown Jr., is 35, African-American, has a history of mental illness, and a lengthy arrest record including felony larceny and robbery with a dangerous weapon. Security footage shows Zarutska absorbed in her phone before the assailant stood and stabbed her three times, then calmly walked away. Brown faces federal charges for causing death on a mass transportation system and could face the death penalty. The case intensified partisan blame over urban crime.
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