The family of Iryna Zarutska, a 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee fatally stabbed on Charlotte’s Lynx Blue Line, calls her killing “horrific” and urges reforms. In a statement to PEOPLE, they demand stronger security,

Boliek's announcement comes days after video of an August stabbing on a CATS light rail train was made public. There has been significant national outrage about the incident.

Four minutes later, a fidgety Brown pulled what appeared to be a pocketknife from the pocket of his red hoodie and paused briefly to rest his head on his hand, before suddenly springing to his feet and swinging his arm over Zarutska’s seat.

President Trump's policy adviser Stephen Miller and U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy criticized Charlotte Democratic officials over the killing of 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska.

Decarlos Brown Jr., 34, who was arrested on Aug. 22 after he fatally stabbed 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska, was charged by the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Western District of North Carolina with committing an act causing death on a mass transportation system, which could make him eligible for the death penalty, the DOJ said on Tuesday.

Charlotte’s City Council paused its Sept. 2 meeting for birthday cake just before a scheduled transit-safety briefing sparked by the Aug.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Monday threatened to withhold federal funding from the city of Charlotte over a fatal stabbing on the city’s Lynx Blue Line light

The family of Decarlos Brown Jr., the man accused of fatally stabbing 23-year-old Ukrainian refuge Iryna Zarutska on a Charlotte, N.C., light rail train in August, says the murder suspect was previously diagnosed with schizophrenia and was “hearing voices” in his head prior to the attack.

Charlotte officials address safety on public transit and plan a meeting after Iryna Zarutska was fatally stabbed on the Lynx Blue Line by Decarlos Brown Jr.