A newly released video has revealed the horrifying aftermath of 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska’s stabbing death at the hands of career criminal Decarlos Brown Jr. on a Charlotte commuter train.
The shocking footage reveals that other passengers on the train failed to help Zarutska after she had been fatally stabbed.
Other people on the train stood up and walked away as she bled to death.
President Donald Trump responded with a vow to launch a “vicious” crime-fighting push.
Author Hans Mahncke, who viewed the footage, described the unfiltered reality.
“Here’s the part of the Iryna Zarutska murder video they didn’t show.
“She didn’t die quickly.
“She was fully aware, desperately terrified, and suffering to the end.
“It is beyond heartbreaking.”
Journalist Collin Rugg said the video “shows Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska looking up in horror, trying to process what had just happened to her after being stabbed.
“Zarutska was seen putting her face in her hands as she bled out. Heartbreaking.”
Nick Sortor added that “not ONE PERSON helped her as she began bleeding out, before eventually dying.
“Absolutely SICKENING. These people should be ASHAMED of themselves.”
Trump released his own video from the Oval Office Tuesday night, promising to confront violent crime head-on.
“We have to respond with force and strength,” the president said.
“We have to be vicious, just like they are. It’s the only thing they understand.
“We cannot allow a depraved criminal element of violent repeat offenders to continue spreading destruction and death throughout our country.”
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt tore into the corporate press during Tuesday’s briefing for ignoring Zarutska’s killing while obsessing over stories that fit their narrative.
“Most shamefully of all the majority of the media decided that her murder was not worth reporting on because it does not fit a preferred narrative,” Leavitt said.
“Many outlets in this room decided her murder was not worth reporting on originally because it does not fit a preferred narrative.
“Many journalists in this room spilled plenty of ink trying to smear Daniel Penny for defending a subway car from a lunatic, but none of those reporters wrote stories about an actual murderer.
“Her death was entirely preventable.
“Decarlos Brown should never have been on that train that night. He should’ve been behind bars!
“This is madness. Iryna should still be alive.”
Leavitt directly blamed Democrats for enabling the policies that let violent offenders like Brown walk free.
“These reckless policies have turned too many of our American cities into hunting grounds for career criminals who mock our justice system, drain law enforcement resources, and wreak havoc on law-abiding citizens,” she said.
“Here’s the truth that every American must know: too many innocent people across the country continue to pay the price of the failed experiment known as cashless bail, that’s been championed by the Democratic Party for years.
“Democrats in North Carolina and nationwide are consumed with pushing a woke soft-on-crime agenda, no matter how many innocent Americans suffer as a result.
“Instead of aggressively prosecuting and locking up violent criminals, the Democrat-backed cashless bail approach let these criminals roam free in our country to offend again and again.”
The Justice Department announced Tuesday that it had filed a federal charge against Brown — one count of committing an act causing death on a mass-transportation system.
Attorney General Pam Bondi confirmed the case would be prosecuted at the highest level.
“Iryna Zarutska was a young woman living the American dream – her horrific murder is a direct result of failed soft-on-crime policies that put criminals before innocent people,” Bondi said.
“I have directed my attorneys to federally prosecute DeCarlos Brown Jr., a repeat violent offender with a history of violent crime, for murder.
“We will seek the maximum penalty for this unforgivable crime, and he will never again see the light of day as a free man.”
Iryna Zarutska was a young woman living the American dream — her horrific murder is a direct result of failed soft-on-crime policies that put criminals before innocent people.
I have directed my attorneys to federally prosecute DeCarlos Brown Jr., a repeat violent offender with…
— Attorney General Pamela Bondi (@AGPamBondi) September 9, 2025
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