A homeless illegal immigrant who had been previously deported was arrested after stabbing a man on the Charlotte Light Rail — just four months after the horrific Iryna Zarutska killing.
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 court records. He is being held without bond.
Solarzano, 33, allegedly attempted to kill a man on the Charlotte, North Carolina light rail Friday around 5.pm. with a large knife, according to police records.
The illegal immigrant from Honduras allegedly broke and entered into the light rail train while drunk and challenged his victim to a fight before stabbing him, causing serious injuries.
He was shouting and slurring his words, per police records.
The victim was hospitalized with serious injuries at Novant Health Presbyterian Hospital in stable condition, ABC News reported.
His address on court records matches a location of The Roof Above homeless shelter.
Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security Tricia Lockwood said that Solarzano had been deported from the country twice before illegally returning to the country again for a third time in a post on X.
“His criminal history includes prior arrests for aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, destroying evidence, resisting arrest, using a false ID, and convictions for robbery and illegally re-entry.
“This criminal illegal alien was issued a final order of removal by an immigration judge in 2018 and removed by the Trump Administration on March 9, 2018. He was apprehended illegally crossing the border again in 2021 and was again removed. He entered the country illegally for a THIRD time at an unknown date and location,” Lockwood said. --->READ MORE HERE
Police made an arrest in Friday’s stabbing on a Charlotte light rail train that left a man in critical condition, court records show.
The suspect, 33-year-old Oscar Solarzano, is in the country illegally and was previously removed twice, according to court records filed in Mecklenburg County and a statement by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. He is from Honduras.
The victim was stabbed with a “large fixed blade knife,” according to a police arrest warrant.
Coming less than four months after the fatal stabbing of Iryna Zarutska on a light rail train — which put a national focus on Charlotte — the Friday stabbing was already getting some national attention on Saturday.
Solarzano is charged with felony counts of attempted first-degree murder, assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury and breaking into a vehicle, and misdemeanor counts of carrying a concealed weapon and intoxicated and disruptive behavior, according to the warrant.
The warrant accuses Solarzano of breaking into the light rail train. His address is listed as the Roof Above homeless center.
Because of confidentiality, the center neither confirms nor denies someone’s Roof Above service history, CEO Liz Clasen-Kelly said.
“One of the basic services Roof Above provides is an address that individuals experiencing homelessness can use,” Nicole Ayers, Roof Above director of communications, told the Observer. “Any individual can list 945 N. College St. as their address, which is the address of our Day Services Center.”
The services center processes 300 to 500 pieces of mail a day for people experiencing homelessness, Ayers said. People also use the address on a government-issued photo ID and with hospitals, the court system and other service providers.
In a statement late Saturday afternoon, CATS interim CEO Brent Cagle said he was disappointed that a verbal dispute escalated into a stabbing. “Individuals who believe public transit can be used as an area to settle grievances through violent altercations are not welcome on our system,” Cagle stated.
Victim in critical but stable condition, police say
Police haven’t said what they believe might have led to the attack, though Charlotte Area Transit System spokesperson Brett Baldeck on Saturday said it appeared to be an “altercation between two individuals that escalated.”
Gov. Josh Stein posted on social media Friday evening that he had spoken with CMPD Chief Estella Patterson about the stabbing and was praying for the victim. --->READ MORE HERE
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