L-R: A mugshot of Decarlos Brown; Surveillance footage showing Brown on the light rail trains. (Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office; CATS)
"CATS will also deploy new security teams, including bike patrols and urban terrain vehicles in the coming weeks. Nearly 30 additional security personnel will also be added," Lyles said.
After Brown allegedly killed Ukrainian refugee Zarutska, he later complained to his sister that he "hurt [his] hand" stabbing her before asking rhetorically why anyone would "stab somebody for no reason."
Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles speaks at a press conference in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)
Brown also said it was the "material used in [his] body" that committed the crime and that the "material" should be investigated because "you know that’s not me."
His sister later added that the woman who was killed was from Ukraine or Russia and cited what she called their "war going on against the United States."
North Carolina still has the death penalty on the books, but has been under a de facto moratorium since its last execution in 2006 – amid legal fights over alleged biases and pharmaceuticals used in lethal injections.
Fox News Digital’s Sarah Rumpf-Whitten contributed to this report.
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