Posted on 10/28/2025 6:42:43 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
A suspected homicide near a Charlotte light-rail station rekindled crime fears that have plagued officials since the August gruesome caught-on-video murder of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska.
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department said Zephaniah Adewale Little Rivers, 23, was found at about 6:30 p.m. Monday near the Norfolk Southern train tracks with a gunshot wound. He was transported to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Preliminary reports indicated the shooting followed an altercation at a nearby business and that the victim did not know the suspect. Authorities have not named a suspect.
The crime scene is near the Archdale light-rail station and just four stops south of the station where Zarutska was stabbed two months ago in an unprovoked attack that shocked the nation. Her accused assailant, Decarlos Brown Jr., had been arrested and released 14 times prior and had a history of mental illness.
The uproar over Zarutska’s murder prompted a new state law known as “Iryna’s Law” that modified pretrial release conditions — notably ending cashless bail for potentially violent offenders, expediting death-penalty appeals to within two years of filing and reintroducing the firing squad as an execution alternative.
The Charlotte‒Mecklenburg Fraternal Order of Police also sent a letter to President Trump requesting federal aid and deployment of the National Guard due to staffing shortages.
“Despite statistical progress, violent crime continues to be a daily reality in Charlotte,” it said, citing 15 homicides in the month following Ms. Zarutska’s death.
“The need for immediate, tangible support has never been more urgent,” the letter said.
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Two, require strict ID requirements for boarding.
They've got the cameras-everywhere part down. But that doesn't help much if you let subhumans buy subsidized tickets and traffick freely onboard.
That’s 5 miles from where I’m posting this. This area is not bad at all. The closer you get to the city center however, the sketchier it gets. I have never taken the light rail and have no intention of ever doing so.
deaths on the rails, so.............lets have a debate
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