US EditionCharlotte hit with another light rail stabbing, suspect identified as previously deported illegal immigrant
Oscar Solarzano, 33, charged with attempted murder after stabbing a passenger on Charlotte's Lynx Blue Line; victim is in stable condition, police said.
- On Friday, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police arrested Oscar Solarzano, 33, after a Lynx Blue Line stabbing and charged him with attempted first-degree murder; the victim was hospitalized and Solarzano is due in court Monday, December 8.
- Investigators say Solarzano broke into a rail car on the Lynx Blue Line with a large fixed-blade knife and, while intoxicated, shouted and challenged Kenyon Kareem-Shemar Dobie before the attack around 4:50 p.m. Friday.
- A Mecklenburg District Court judicial official marked Oscar Solarzano as 'an illegal' who 'has been deported previously' and noted bond limits under Mecklenburg County rules.
- After being interviewed, Solarzano was moved into Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Office custody and is set for Immigration and Customs Enforcement transfer post-Dec. 8 hearing; officials urged witnesses to call Charlotte Crime Stoppers at 704-334-1600.
- The incident follows the Aug. 22 stabbing of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska, prompting Trump to post `Another stabbing by an Illegal Migrant in Charlotte, North Carolina` and happening during Operation Charlotte's Web, which has at least 425 arrests as of Dec. 3.
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Twice-deported Honduran accused of stabbing passenger on Charlotte light rail faces federal charges
Twice-deported Honduran accused of stabbing passenger on Charlotte light rail faces federal charges | 11 Dec 2025 | A twice-deported Honduran man linked to the stabbing of a passenger on a Charlotte, North Carolina, light rail train has been federally charged, the Justice Department said Thursday. Oscar Gerardo Solorzano-Garcia, 33, is charged with one count of illegal reentry by a removed alien and one count of committing an act of violence on …
Second Charlotte stabbing fuels GOP calls for immigration crackdown in North Carolina • SC Daily Gazette
Police say the man charged with attempted murder boarded the Charlotte Blue Line light rail at New Bern Station on Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. (Photo courtesy of charlottenc.gov)A second stabbing on Charlotte’s public transit system, this time by a man who was allegedly in the United States illegally, has drawn national attention as Republican leaders voice support for the immigration crackdown in the state. On Dec. 5, Oscar Solarzano, 33, boarded a B…
Charlotte Stabbing Horror, Illegal Immigrant Charged in Rail Attack
Charlotte was thrust back into the national spotlight Friday after a man illegally in the country was arrested in connection with a brutal stabbing aboard the city’s light rail system. The incident occurred just hours after Estella Patterson was sworn in as the new chief of police, highlighting renewed concerns over transit safety and immigration enforcement. According to Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police, 33-year-old Oscar Solarzano was charged with…
Suspect, identified as Oscar Solarzano, faces charges of attempted murder after attacking a man inside a car
New Stabbing on Charlotte Train Gets Trump's Attention
Police in North Carolina have charged a 33-year-old man with critically injuring another person in a stabbing on a Charlotte commuter train—just a few months after a fatal stabbing on a different city train . The latest assault did not escape President Trump's notice on Saturday. Oscar Solarzano, 33, was...
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