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Twice Deported Illegal Alien Stabs Man On Charlotte Train Just Months After Iryna Zarutska Slaying
A homeless illegal alien who had previously been deported from the United States on two separate occasions was arrested after stabbing a man on a light rail line in Charlotte, North Carolina. The vicious assault comes as the city is still reeling from the brutal murder of Iryna Zarutska, a Ukrainian refugee who was fatally stabbed by a homeless man with an extensive criminal history.
Oscar Solarzano was arrested on charges of first-degree attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon causing serious injury, breaking and entering, carrying a concealed weapon and being intoxicated and disruptive, according to a report from the New York Post. He is currently being held without bond.
Solarzano, 33, allegedly charged onto the Charlotte light rail on Friday evening before viscously stabbing the victim with a large knife, police said. The Honduran illegal alien allegedly broke onto the train, while intoxicated, before starting a fight with the victim and ultimately stabbing him, causing serious injuries,
The victim was hospitalized with serious injuries at Novant Health Presbyterian Hospital in stable condition, ABC News reported. His address on court records matches that of a homeless shelter in Charlotte.
Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security Tricia McLaughlin announced in an X post that Solarzano had been deported from the country on two separate occasions before he snuck in for a third time. “ICE lodged a detainer to ensure this criminal illegal is not released back into North Carolina neighborhoods. Unfortunately, we cannot guarantee the county will honor the detainer since they have a history of not cooperating with [ICE],” McLaughlin wrote.
The assistant secretary further noted that Solarzano was first deported by the Trump Administration before sneaking in a few years later in 2021, at which point he was deported once again. “He entered the country illegally for a THIRD time at an unknown date and location,” she added.
DHS added that Solarzano has a lengthy criminal history in the United States, including arrests for aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, destroying evidence, resisting arrest, using a false ID, and convictions for robbery and illegal re-entry.
Solorzano is facing charges of attempted murder in connection with the train stabbing
The incident comes roughly four months after the brutal murder of Iryna Zarutska, a Ukrainian refugee who murdered by a career criminal homeless man in an unprovoked attack.
According to a GoFundMe page established by the victim’s family, Zarutska had “recently arrived in the United States, seeking safety from the war and hoping for a new beginning,” the page reads. “Tragically, her life was cut short far too soon.”
Horrific footage of the scene shows the alleged killer, Decarlos Brown Jr., a 34-year-old homeless individual, stabbing Zarutska with a butcher knife after she sat down on a city bus. Brown — who has a lengthy criminal history — then got up and left the bus as the victim bled to death.
The accused killer had 14 criminal cases brought against him by the time of the attack, including a robbery with a deadly weapon conviction that resulted in a five-year prison stint.
Brown was initially arrested at the scene of the Zarutska stabbing and charged with first-degree murder by North Carolina prosecutors. He is also facing a federal charge of causing death on a mass transportation system, which carries up to life in prison or the death penalty.
In response to the horrific murder, North Carolina lawmakers passed “Iryna’s Law,” which rolled back a number of the city’s most controversial criminal justice policies like cashless bail.
