00:00Irina Zarutska was 23 years old and fled from a bomb shelter during the war in Ukraine to find a new home and new job in North Carolina.
00:10Prosecutors say on August 22nd, on her way home from work, she was killed while in that seat on the light rail system in Charlotte.
00:16The FBI says the man who stabbed and murdered Zarutska is DeCarlos Brown Jr., who they say was later seen walking off the train with a bloody knife.
00:25This is obviously a horrible, horrible situation.
00:33But this is why federal statutes exist. They exist to take care of situations like this.
00:38Brown already faces local charges, but U.S. Attorney Russ Ferguson of North Carolina today announced a federal charge is being added, citing the scene of the crime, a mass transit system, raising the possibility of the death penalty.
00:50It's a terroristic act to make people afraid to go about their daily lives. That's what terrorism is.
00:56Court records show Brown has been arrested 14 times, including a 2015 conviction for robbery with a dangerous weapon.
01:03President Trump and his allies have highlighted the incident as proof that his attention to crime is justified.
01:09We have to respond with force and strength.
01:11The president leaned into the case today, posting on social media that a repeat offender allegedly killing a young refugee warrants stronger federal intervention and deployments in Democratic-led cities.
01:23Scott McFarland, CBS News, Washington.
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