A haunting new video shows the last moments of a Ukrainian refugee’s life before she was stabbed to death on a Charlotte light rail train last month. 

The surveillance footage, released by the Carlotte Area Transit System (CATS), shows 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska boarding the Lynx Bline line just after 9:45 p.m. on Friday, August 22. 

The footage shows Zarutska in her pizzeria uniform while scrolling on her phone. A man in a red hoodie is seen sitting behind her. 

Around four minutes later, the man pulls out a knife and begins stabbing Zarutska three times, including at least once in the neck. 

Zarutska’s death has renewed calls for action on public safety in Charlotte. Members of the Charlotte City Council expressed concern after Zarutska’s murder about violence on the city’s transit system.

L-R: A mugshot of Decarlos Brown; Surveillance footage showing Brown on the light rail trains.  (Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office; CATS)

Rep. Brenden Jones, a Republican who represents the area, blamed Zarutska’s death on “the result of decades of Democrat Das and Sheriffs putting their woke agendas above public safety.” 

He wrote on X that, “Violent criminals commit crimes with impunity, while families live in fear.” 

Fox News Digital’s Emma Bussey contributed to this report.